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We bought this machine in October 1996. At the end of the wash cycle, it used to bleep three times to let you know it had finished. If you did not open the door or turn it off, it would bleep again, then pause and bleep again if necessary.
A few years ago, it stopped doing the bleep at the end of the cycle.
About three months ago, it suddenly resumed bleeping, but not every time. Sometimes it would bleep only once instead of three times.
When we use the wool wash programme 30°F, it usually bleeps but when we use the cotton 40°F it usually does not bleep. Yesterday I used a cotton 30°F programme but it did not bleep. This morning I used a cotton 40°F programme and it bleeped once.
What’s going on? How can I get the bleep to come back at the end of every programme?
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
If its adjustable it will be in your user manual. Don’t have one to hand sorry
Greg
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
Hi Greg
I mislaid the manual for our WFK2200GB some years ago.
Earlier this year I posted a message about the missing bleep. You kindly responded suggesting that I should try depressing the pre-wash button (with the door closed). I tried this but did not succeed in getting the bleep back. Now it seems to have come back of its own accord, but not for every wash.
I tried to download a manual from the Bosch website but it does not recognise the model number WFK2200 (with or without the GB). Nor does it recognise any of the numbers on the label I peeled off the machine when it was new, namely B369022GB4 or 01334943 and M6110B0GB. See my previous posting and a reply from Martin saying ‘that’s the right number’ (but did not say which of these numbers was the right one).
The Bosch website asks for “the N number”. Unfortunately, the number on the label inside the door has worn off (see previous postings).
How can I find the right number to use to download the manual?
Woodey
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
If you’re feeling strong, pull the m/c out and there will be another sticker with the E-NR on the back 😉
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Superfix
Thanks for your suggestion.
Yesterday our handyman pulled out the washing machine. The label on the back gave the E-Nr number as WFK2200GB/11. I tried this number (with and without spaces between) to download the manual from the Bosch website but it did not recognise the number. There was another number FD 7610 00545 but the Bosch website did not recognise this either. Also on the label was the number M635-M6110B0GB (the last part is the same as on the label I took off the front of the machine soon after we bought it). Again, not recognised by Bosch. Finally, the label had DVGW M630 “Made in Germany”. Again, no success
The Bosch website gives an example of an E-Nr number similar in format to my WFK2200GB/11 but without the GB so I tried it without the GB but to no avail. Perhaps they no longer offer a manual download for my model, now 11 years old.
Yesterday I did a 60°F wash. When it finished, the machine bleeped three times, paused for a few seconds, bleeped again three times then after another short pause did three more bleeps, paused again, three more bleeps then stopped bleeping. This morning I did a 40°F wash; no bleeps at all when it finished. I use the short wash for all programmes. Why does it bleep on some programmes but not on others?
If I can’t download the manual I may try telephoning Bosch to see if I can buy a copy.
Woodey
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
Hi
Have no access either, must be the age.
If you need an instruction manual then you can obtain one from spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk quoting p/no 519946, its around £5+ the usual.Greg
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
Greg
Looked again on the Bosch website. Sent an email asking whether the manual for my machine was available as a download. Their prompt reply said no but they could send me one (free of charge) by post.
I’ve send them my address and am more than ever impressed by the after-sales service of Bosch. Last year they sorted out a problem with our new table-top dishwasher (overfoaming due to using tablets instead of powder) and replaced my three-year-old Bosch garden shredder with a new one after I accidentally dropped a small piece of metal into it and spoiled the spiral that drags material into the machine. What service!
Will let you know if the manual says anything about my bleeping problem. Did a 60°F wash this morning; it bleeped once, then after a pause it bleeped three times, then six times!
May be a bug in the electronics somewhere.
Woodey
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Greg
Received the free manual from Bosch. Read it through twice. Not a mention anywhere about bleeping at the end of the cycle.
Our daughter had a Siemens washing machine almost identical to our Bosch. It never bleeped even when new. She now has a Miele machine.
The solution might be to call out a Bosch engineer but with an eleven-year old machine it would hardly be worth paying the call-out fee and perhaps the cost of a replacement circuit board. Apart from the bleep problem, the machine works as good as new.
So the mystery remains. To bleep or not to bleep, that is the question.
Woody
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
Hi
If it aint in the manual its not a user selection 😉 .
If its only the bleep playing up I wouldn’t worry as the only solution would be to change the PCB/module (it aint cheap) 🙂Greg
Re: Bosch WFK2200 My bleep’s come back
Maybe the reason the bleep came back is that the machine was giving a cry for help.
Three days ago, it started to make an unusual noise. I thought it might be a bearing but I’m no expert. (Definition: An expert is an ordinary guy a long way from home.)
Yesterday I put some shirts in to wash and set it going. It stopped running after the first rinse so I pressed the start button again. Eventually I realised that the drum was not rotating so I took out the dripping wet shirts and hung them to drip dry. My guess is that the pump was still OK but the motor had stopped working.
It was not worth spending money to have it repaired so I phoned our local Euronics shop to see what they had in stock. Visited them later in the morning and chose a Bosch Exxcel 1400 WAE28467 for £430 rather than a Meile at £590.
They delivered it at 8.30 this morning, installed it, tested it and took away the old machine. That’s much better service than I would have got from most online suppliers who would have charged about the same (including installation and removal of old machine) but not such prompt delivery.
I put some towels in the machine on a 30°F cotton wash. It took just over an hour then bleeped three times when it finished. The controls are easy to understand and the display panel shows the temperature, spin speed and time needed to finish the cycle. Brilliant!
If the new machine gives as good service as our old machine, I shall be well satisfied.
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