Spins Very Fast For A Few Seconds 3 Times With A Minute Or So Gap In Between, Empties And Then Stops

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

Washing machine aborts cycle after brief high-speed spins

The problem

The washing machine fills with water, then spins very fast for a few seconds three times with roughly a minute between each attempt, drains, and stops with the display showing END while the timer does not progress.

Likely cause

The strongest diagnosis in the discussion is loss of motor speed control. The accepted reply says a broken tacho magnet under the motor plug housing could cause the machine to jump into spin instead of wash and then abort the programme. After the motor brushes, commutator, tacho magnet and visible wiring were checked with no obvious fault found, the PCB was then suspected, but this was not confirmed.

What fixed it

Checks were made to the motor brushes, commutator, tacho magnet housing and cable connections. As no clear fault was found and the control PCB was only a suspicion, the original poster decided to replace the machine rather than continue with repair.

Checks to try

• Checked accessible connections and components
• Motor brushes checked and found fine
• Commutator cleaned
• Tacho magnet found secure in its housing
• Cable connections checked with no obvious faults