Hotpoint FDL 570 lights up but doesn’t start

Hi all!

I have a Hotpoint FDL 570 which was working fine until I came down to find it ‘stuck’ partway through a ‘normal’ cycle. The light was on ‘wash’ but it wasn’t doing anything, and when I opened it it hadn’t drained.

I figured maybe there was a blockage so I scooped out the water, cleaned the filters, then opened up the bottom and checked the impeller wasn’t blocked and the drain hose was OK – everything fine here.

I put it back together again and had another go – same result. What happens is you can turn the machine on, all the lights go on as a test and then the normal lights come on. If you select a cycle, the wash light goes on as normal but there is no activity – no hum, no buzz, no water noises, nothing. It just sits like that forever until you turn it off.

So – any ideas? I’ve heard before that you can get error codes on these machines but this doesn’t seem to be giving one.

Cheers!