Removeal of Miele W4446 front panel

Re: Removeal of Miele W4446 front panel

by the looks of it

lid off , control panel off then go from there

found a few revealing pictures

this looks similar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EET4iUGlokk
might give some clues

Dave

Re: Removeal of Miele W4446 front panel

Twoten wrote:Thanks Dave,
That’s perfect. I tried to google it but that didn’t come up for me.
I thought it was a case of removing the control panel but when I removed the lid and then undone the screws on the right I assumed the whole fascia would have lifted off without removing the PCB. I didn’t think they would have designed something that had to be stripped down like that just get the front panel off when you consider how easy it is on their other washing machines.
I suspect the filter wasn’t tightened properly on this a caused the water to run into the base so I have drained the base with a long hose and syringe, tightened the filter and run tests so I don’t think I will need to remove the front now but I wanted to be prepared in case I have to go back to it.
Many thanks.

Yeah, its crazy and Bosch have done the same. Those “space age” Miele’s need the top off and tilted back to get to screws under the front panel after all those years of easy access from the front.