dont question when 2 people say the same thing its like asking the audience you got a majority vote now 3 of us are saying check the brushes
a lot of machines check things before they start some hotpoint and indesit wont Start unless motor has circuit through armature some whirlpools wont start if the heater goes down
so the moral of the story is if it wont start look for simple things first
Dave
ps the brushes are only the most likely fault there are other causes