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Door lock part number is 8084553083. BUT if I was you I would check the motor brushes before buying anything just in case they are worn out and are the cause of the problem. Usually the brushes are not listed by Zanussi ( which is what your machine really is ) on their site because that would be really useful (!) and way cheaper than the motor that is only shown, but are listed under Whirlpool / Hotpoint brand who use the same make of motors and therefore the same brushes.
Based on no other blockages and do not overlook the the outlet pipe`s nozzle to sink end connection area ( if plumbed out that way ). Common problem is side shake of the impellor due to the pump`s bearing being worn out = sometimes the pump will work sometimes it won`t until finally it won`t at all !
I think in reality this is what will happen. 1) the price of spare parts will rise as we have seen already leading up to all this but the spin will be it is due to Brexit or if that doesn`t work Covid or both 2) there is no control over spare parts costs what so ever- and it would be very difficult if there were – there is only a set minimum where spares should be available e.g. 10 years in the case of washing machines and dishwashers. 3) there is no price set for trade repair information manuals, so a workshop manual could cost 10 bob or 10 quid or 100 quid and since it`ll be copyrighted it will be illegal to pass that info on to third parties i.e. on this very site so that is not a plus. 4) as a plus it should force Far East manufacturers especially to raise their game with regards to a spare parts supply i.e. to supply a customer within 15 days of a part purchase but what about if under warranty though where no money exchanges – which how I read it and whether the replacement part will be of the same longivity of the original part but at a higher price is a dubious point too 5) I have not seen any info regarding the banning of alternative / pattern parts so that is good, well, for the time being at least 6) a newer version of what was the old original but redrafted A to G energy rating system rather than all this A++++ nonsense 7) common tools to repair machine is a bit ambiguous to say the least: never come across tri-wing screws for washing machines but equally someone, a manufacturer, could equally argue that the tool is common even though it is very uncommon as presently seen in the context of what is fitted now i.e. mainly torx, phillips and the rarely used old style flat blade screws.
My very brief reading I conclude that a) that the machines have the possibility to last longer** but b) it will, given the need for spare parts, cost the owner more money to achieve it, leading to c) that the premature scrapping of machines based on a higher cost of repair may well make matters worse and not better which inturn leads us to d) there will be more new machines bought so no one will be better off except the manufacturers. e) which makes a mockery as to the whole purpose of the new ruling right from the very start ! ** just because a machine is more eco friendly does not mean it will last longer in fact I think that it is the opposite: the MORE eco friendly a machine is the Shorter time it will last
What are your own muses?And I sympathize with her too! Simple answer is God only knows. Most if not all cheaper refigeration is chinese made and as far as I can tell so is the more expensive stuff too or if it isn`t the parent company could well be. I was going to say why not depending upon what is wrong with her current freezer is to get it fixed but we do not know any information because she does not say. It could be a disasterous compressor problem or a very expensive t/stat failure, a refrigerant leak, might not even know herself and so does not want to fall foul of a 60 quid rip off callout to find out for nothing….so I can`t blame her there! Who knows?
She could of course say sod it and buy a Bush,or a Fridgemaster ( the latter is def Chinese made part of Hisense Industries ) and in anycase so what if it is Chinese but you might hate their present politics or dodgy recent history** but that is none of her or my business in this context as we are only interested in 1) does it work well, 2) is the internal design ok, 3) can you get spare parts if you need them 4) is there any real back-up there at all should it turn to tears 5) are the spares going to do the usual Chinese thing and go obsolete just after the warranty expires OR indeed even before that and 6) who is in charge and calls the shots.
My conclusion would be to go for an Indesit but mostly based on a freebee 10 year parts warranty but she will HAVE TO CHECK that this is in fact the case as per the washing machines. That at least covers the compressor and presumably the wretched regassing plus they are fairly good, at least presently, as not making parts that suddenly disappear from the face of the earth the added advantage being if the stat did fail the local repair bod could change it if she did not have the confidence to attempt it herself for a reasonable fair fee so should work out cheaper than Indesits circ 115 labour charge for a “free” part.. She needs to check this, I haven`t. So to keep things as simple as possible she should buy a model that is as simple as possible with a fast freeze button and a straight forward t/stat – so not a frost free freezer with all the tech hassle they can cause and therefore without a pcb in site. ** and you can still say that of Germany from 80 years ago too something that I can never ever forgive them for which is why I never buy German goods in particular Bosch products – slave labour camp – but that does not stop me from making German friends in 2021.
.On practically everything else out there similar to your machine. Usually with water depositing in or underneath the crispers a waste, as in defosted water, drainway hole gets blocked up with food BUT since your Panasonic is bound to be frost free that could mean something much worse technically such as an ice blockage over said drainway because some defrost heater has failed causing defrosting water to seep under the crispers . Looking soley at your parts list on Partmaster you bought yourself the most complex ways of keeping a pint of milk cold, so well done you!
To be frank unless anyone else can come up with a diffinitive answer your into calling out a panasonic experienced refigeration engineer. Could be something as simple as just mentioned ( even by Panasonic standards of total lunacy ) but I would not bank on it/ Looks as though there are still parts available, roughly around 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} and at least that is the important stuff – blimey parts are not cheap but then the machine wasn`t. I would hold out a bit longer for someone on this site who may be able to technically help; I have never worked on a Panasonic f/fzr I`m a washing machine engineer who typically might only see 4 panasonics a YEAR if that, they are not very common so presume your f/fzr is not going to be too.True, could be the inlet valve. Usually it`s the impeller jug that fails part number 00424099 about 22 quid ( rear of d/washer l/h/side corner is where the blighter is located, round white thing with 2 nozzles and 2 or 3(? from memory) plugconnector wires going to it ). Symptom is set on any programme, machine makes pump out noise then begins to fill. Can fill for, say 10 secs or can fill to what looks like the right level BUT the wash motor does not start up so gives the impression the wash motor is toast when it isn`t. The impeller jug is a water flow over time impulse counter that tells the pcboard when to start the wash motor up ( in other words it electronically takes the place of a electromechanical pressure switch which actually seldom go wrong – though it takes the likes of Bosch to come up with something that does commonly go wrong! ) the problem is they never look as though they have failed in any shape or form but they have. Do not think too much over this just change the impeller jug and it should cure your fault. ( of course as other pointers it could be the microproccessor but that would be highly unlikely or indeed the emergency red float o/flow is blocked up or its semi transparent hose to the sump which is fairly common on an old machine- sgs series is an old machine! ).
I would not touch a Bosch dishwasher with a 20 foot bargepole. I gave up repairing them, lost 35{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of my business but I still have no regrets doing that. Had so many new replacement parts fail namely the dreaded E09 heat pump failure that I had to replace free of charge with such a poor response from my parts supplier that I ended up funding the cost myself. Need less to say it was not for long until I refused all dishwasher work right across the board irrespective of the brand. Best move out of that repair market I ever made. Nothing but hassle.
“I’ve had a Liebherr for 11 years, sadly its packed up and needs to be replaced.” Nothing comes anywhere near to Liebherr”. Hardly a glowing endorsement at 11 years old is it given their cost? My second hand, cost me nothing, LEC freezer is about 26 years old, known to have had 2 thermostats costing less than 12 quid each in my ownership. Dad`s freezer is a 42 year old second hand Indesit – I used to work for Indesit ( though that is certainly nothing to boast about! ) – on its 3rd generic el cheapo Ranco freezer thermostat until I found a better generic make to fit instead and so that makes 5 stats in total to date from memory.
Tip. In my view with refigeration products always avoid anything fitted with microproccessors and electronic sensors they all seem to be a pain in the arse and very expensive to repair for frankly very little gain or put it this way would you rather like a 1) 200 pcboard to fail on you or and 1 out of 3 sensors – Ahh but which one is it? or 2) a less than 20 quid electromechanical stat to fail. Even my brother can change 2) and even he`ll be the first to admit, as a pracatical fellow he`s fairly hopeless. You can also afford to keep a spare stat in stock ( as I do ), tying up 20 quid is more appealing than a 200 quid part isn`t it?Crap metal- “thin brittle modern mild steel ya can`t trust it Jim”. Mind you this used to happen to 1990`s Hotpoint 95 5kg series and the suspension legs were on rubber mounts back then and the metal still fractured – common too at the time. I would say based on my own experience this is commonly seen on this modern stuff too – usually or ,rather worse, on the now commonly seen larger capacity machines but the for the price you pay most people would be buying those size models anyway so that is a poor guide. Anyway, whatever and however anyone would want to argue over this it boils down to poor materials and poor design but still no body ever learns from the mistakes of the past.
Keep away from the Miele and I think the Bosch cartridge detergent models if I was you just another thing to get gummed-up and costs you money. Also see if you can find out Miele prices on spare parts if possible – Miele do not have their own parts site like Bosch….always makes me wonder why that is, although we can always make a really good guess!. If you go for another Bosch go onto their spares website and look up the model/s you have got your eye on – that is so long as that new model is on the parts site – and see how much the spares are and whether the models concerned have a sealed tank – just because a Bosch might be an expensive model does not mean it has got a dismantleable tank i.e. stumbled on a Bosch that was retailing circ 800 quid and that had a sealed tank so be very careful. Personnally, I would stick with what you have for as long as it is cost effective as is possible. Some cheap machines do last e.g. next door neighbours Chinese Haus 1000 ( model 1050 same as a then Bush, Haier and a HEC ) saw her through 1x dying husband and then 1x dying son`s worth of washing when it was between 8 to 10 years old – I have it now as a back-up in the garage, ( she then died of old age, and most likely a broken heart, and the family gave it to me ) in other words it still works and still on the original drum bearings – spares a bit of future problem though as with all Chinese stuff ( except Logik and most Siemens are wholly Chinese made or have Chinese parts ). The point is that machine was less than 200 quid when bought from Argos ( hmm, something from Argos that actually lasted longer than a Marcus and Spensicus prawn sandwich at lunch time?…..Rare for Argos and certainly the cr*p Amazon would flog.). £200, 1x pump filter and 1x set of motor brushes cannot not be bad for 10 years usage. You do the maths!
Limescale blockage in the air break where the soap dispenser hoses from the valves push on. Remove hoses off the dispenser nozzles ( remembering which one goes where !!) and very carefully push a very thin flat screwdriver through each of the nozzle jet holes of the dispenser. Seem to remember this was a fairly common problem.
Curry`s Logik L714WM17. The correct element via Curry`s Partmaster website is 3648498pm 1800watt length 227mm end to end including hub thickness. When you buy this the part should have the manufacturers part number listed too on the packet, you can then X ref this against on the Partmaster site to 3648498pm to make sure..
Question: On a lot of Chinese made machines the 2 wires that go to the thermistor ( an electronic thermostat ) are not as one plug in connector block ( as you would find with, say, a Hotpoint for example ) but are just two separate wires with heatshrink over the female tags AS ARE usually the 2 heater wires. So the question is if this is the case ?? have you got the wires that went to the heater terminals X`d with one or two that go to the thermistor??
It would be very rare that you have ended up with a dud new element.
Other thing it could be, just by sheer coinicidence ( which is fairly common ), is worn out motor brushes sparking.
