indesit wixe 167 problem

[les65]

hello all
we have an Indesit WIXE 167 washing machine and it has developed a fault in as much as when you select a program and press the start button the door lock light doesn’t show and the machine won’t start although the door does lock as you can hear it and can’t unlock it until you switch off at the mains and leave for a couple of minutes and you can open the door. ive replaced the door interlock switch but its no better. it first started a couple of days ago and seems to have got worse to the point it now won’t start any cycle. on occasions if you leave it long enough you can get it to start but as it comes to the end of the cycle a flashing DOOR sign appears but then goes off when the machine stops and the door remains locked. there is no other fault codes displayed anytime. i don’t want to keep throwing money at it without a firm diagnosis and just wondered if anyone has had any ideas or anything similar happened?
Many thanks in advance, Les

[electrofix]

have you checked the motor brushes ?

Dave

[les65]

hi Dave, i haven’t checked the brushes but i shall, ive been working on the assumption that as the door lock light won’t come on its stopping the machine from starting, how would the motor brushes affect the the door light? is it a case of when it goes through its check routine it senses a fault?
many thanks for the reply and help
les

[les65]

Dave, took the bushes out, plenty of length and no damage but quite stiff in the holders so cleaned all the dust out and made sure they were free and it seems to have cured the problem and all back to normal so fingers crossed. thanks again for the help.
les

[electrofix]

glad you sorted it

its a common problem that if the brushes are not touching the armature the machine wont start

Dave

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