Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 Flashing Door Lock Light.

[Fieldsy12]

Hi ppl,

Hope you may be able to help me on this one…as I’m stumped. I’m pretty good manually, sourcing parts and fixing appliances and ok with a soldering iron…but need some feedback on this.

The door light began to flash about 4-5 months ago, cycle would stop, then if you tapped the start button repeatedly, it would start again….and then stop, etc….!!!.

I’d searched the forums previously and tried all the options, checked brushes on motor, they are fine, checked door lock etc…

Just by chance, I found that if I held the start button in…continuously the machine would go through its cycle without stopping and no flashing door light.

I then read it could be the micro switch causing this….so out with the soldering iron..and removed one of the micro switches from one of the other buttons(thats not used at all) and swapped it with the one from the start button. I was sure this was going to fix it :).

Sadly, its exactly the same, we now have the start button wedged in with a clothes peg and the machine is working fine. Obviously this isn’t a full time option…..but seeing as I’ve changed the micro switch and the start button is in good contact with it, I can’t really see what else it can be…………..apart from a new PCB ???.Basically holding the start button in , by whatever fashion keeps the machine working. Any help appreciated 🙂

Thanks a lot 🙂

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 Flashing Door Lock Light.

In 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}of cases a flashing door locked light means that either the door latch spring, the door interlock or the pcb itself is faulty. A failing door interlock is a very common cause of pcb failure.

[Fieldsy12]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 Flashing Door Lock Light.

Thanks for the reply. If it was a faulty door lock switch, would it be overridden by me keeping the start button pressed in ??, and if so why,

thanks 🙂

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 Flashing Door Lock Light.

Theoretically no but as I have never felt the need to override or bypass switches or components I cannot offer any comments other than to tell you what my 47 years plus experience tells me when the door light flashes. 😉

[Fieldsy12]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WMA58 Flashing Door Lock Light.

lol, thanks for that 😉 Oh well ,it looks like a new batch of pegs until I can find out the cause. Just concerned that I buy a new interlock and same thing…meaning it could be the board ??

Cheers for the input and thanks 😀

[Tomisyn]

Any fix on this issue?

[electrofix]

well it does sound like a board fault but the door locks are cheap so its worth swapping that just to see

for the wma58 model this lock will fit

https://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/int51-compatible-washing-machine-door-lock

but you need to check if yours is the same

Dave

[andyjawa]

Chaffed and broken wire next to the front concrete weight under the machine. Check that area first. These machines were famed for rubbed wires on the weight. Whilst you`ve maybe got the worktop off you might also want to push down on the top weight to check the bottom suspension isn`t nuked because at the age these machines are now I would not be at all surprised, so we could have worn out suspension = excessive movement of tank = concrete weight chaffing wire/s note: even regardless of whether susp is worn out or not too. Holding the button in is just bypassing the break in the wire.
It was more the WM series that took out the its door lock that took out the programmer rather than the WMA.

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