Washer/Dryer Fills Then Stops

Hi all,

I was hoping to get some help and advice on a problem that we’ve just ran in to.

We have a Tricity Bendix WDR 1041.

It’s been working fine until a few days ago when we put some clothes in it, turned it on, and it began to fill with water. After about a minute, it just stopped. All the lights went off except for the one above the ‘Start/Pause’ button, which just sat blinking.

I had to manually drain it using the little tube that comes out behind the flap on the front, and then the door unlocked. I cleaned the pump (there wasn’t really anything in it), and tried again on an empty load – it fills up about a couple of centimetres about the drum and then it did exactly the same.

But this time I tried to run the ‘Drain’ cycle, and it worked. The machine drained, and ended the cycle normally. However I then tried an empty load again and it stopped. When I tried the drain cycle this time, it also stopped after a few seconds!

I tried it a few more times and it seems that it the machine is filling with water to about a couple of centimetres into the drum, then stopping. The drain cycle works sometimes, but sometimes it just stops.

Any idea what might be causing this? I can’t seem to find any information about the flashing light above the ‘Start/Pause’ button for this model of machine and Google has turned up next to nothing for similar problems…

Cheers!