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Sorry been away. The heater is at 6 o/clock at the rear of the machine behind the rear elongated oval plastic back panel held on with 7mm self tapping screws. Power off before doing anything!!!
” Very few independent service engineers will look at one as they cannot access the tech support which means you are locked into Miele service. Miele are one of those companies that are more secretive than the KGB. You get zilch tech support and in my experience you can wait awhile for any spares you may need to appear.
The spares are higher in price as well”. Very much higher priced spares. And the warranty on a machine at that price is only 2 years too.By the way ” tested for 20 years ” is meaningless: could mean the machine is sooooo brilliant they do not break down….hmmm, doubtful that one OR could mean a multitude of very expensive spares have been used in order to achieve 20 years.
I wouldn`t pay anymore than 300 quid for any washing machine as there is no golden egg make out there and it certainly won`t be a Zanussi or a J Lewis: Miele perhaps but you`ll pay through the nose when they screw up which they do plus as far as I remember they only have 2 years warranty at somewhere near that price. Now that washing machines go up to £3800 so really if you base the argument on a typical UKwhite goods approach to things, 700 quid is small spons in the scheme of things mind you to spend nearly 4000 on a washing machine should really get you a pink certificate and a doctors report.
What make? To be frank you take pot luck these days even some of the cheaper Chinese made machines can now be very good value for money, e.g. Hisense but your problem might in future years be obsolete premature spares. Built-in definitely shy away from, always buy free standing appliances. I do not recommend any Bosch / Siemens washing machines these days. How about an Indesit 8kg load My Time series for less than 240 quid with a 10 year parts warranty but even that may not be a good idea as their call out charges are around 120 quid so it might not be of much use to man or beast considering the original price of the machine unless 1) the pcb fails, 2) the sealed tank needs replacing, 3) the concrete weight fractures writing off point 2! And yet they are hard to beat on value.
Check your sizes carefully MOST machines are 60cm wide BUT some are slightly wider given machines go up to 10 or 12 kg.
Best of luck, as I cannot hand on my heart say buy X make.Nope I reckon entry level Beko for reliability and cheap spare parts perhaps Smeg but they are expensive to repair, Bosch are rubbish as the heat pumps keep failing. These machines are so bad that I have stopped repairing them
Hi. Hazzard a guess that your model should be JLBIWM1402 because what you have written does not exist.
Your problem is most likely the wash element / the heater as I have had this before ( many times!! ). What actually happens is that the element is increasingly creeping to an earth fault which 1) can cause the machines door lock to mess about as described and 2) after the heater has heated up the water somewhat the increase to earth takes out the trip in the house. If you disconnect the heater to try but note that you might get a error code crop up because the machine will detect something is amiss/disconnected but it would prove the point with the door lock starting problem. Also note that if your machine`s motor is fitted with brushes and they are almost worn out and sparking that can cause the same problem but in your case the heater is the most likely culprit. Note it you ever contact the site with a J lewis Electrolux or Zanussi you have to give us the product number, begins with 91?????/??Re: Whirlpool awm8000 water tap closed error
Will try to have a go at solving your problem. FH you are correct that it means no fill. Start with the daft things first, you have taken the hose off the valve and ran the hose into a bucket to check the water pressure, taken off the tap end and had a look at the washer (actually physically blow through the pipe too-you never know it might be blocked, rare but not unknown) because on some there may be a mesh inlet washer that is blocked with water gravel(strange yet true!) as likewise the valves own filter-so check this too. The other not so well known FH problem is when the pressure water level switch thinks it has water inside the tank when there is none and if your lucky it may be a blocked up underneath (which would not surprise me in the least!)in the “air trap”- your looking for a thin hose that goes from the pressure switch at the top of the machine to a hose or vessel chamber (from memory) underneath the tank somewhere….power off before checking here. Did have once and only once on a similar machine to yours where it was none of the above suggestions and it was in fact the valve itself working but not very well at all-would mechanically only open 25{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}- so could be even this. Best of luck with it.
Re: Miele Washing Machine
Well unless something electrically/ mechanically weird has happened the only thing I can think of is the usual cure for the symptom as you`ve written your question and that is the pump filter is blocked with rubbish or failing this there is a blockage elsewhere such as the sump hose or the outlet hose or the under the sink nozzel should it be plumbed out that way. Or, abstractly thinking, too much soap powder, same again but with softened h2o- I take it you have not just had a softener just fitted in your pad as this would cause that problem rather than a blockage- just trying to cover some things that it could be no matter how far fetched, I`m here and your there so rather difficult . Let us know please.
Re: ISE W256W some clothes are shrinking at 40 degrees
Martin wrote:Then I think you should, if you are to contribute further, so just take a look HERE……and it’s cold fill by the way!
Look for the obvious things first Martin no matter what the machine is……….Had this on a Bosch 2 weeks ago; that was all!-Tap was a blue lever= cold but was hot running through the pipe! Thank you for sharing the info on the ISE- bit elaborate to wash clothes is it not? May be a bit too clever for its own good.
Re: Bosch Front Load Washing Machine Classic 6.5kg-2008 boug
Drum moving front to back is normal as the whole assembly is moving on springs suspension, unless of course there is a problem with the suspension and it has broken-not common, but would tally with: “Will not clip into a holding position”. But or and, what you might have meant was the drum is lose up and down, i.e. it is wobbly. This is either the drum bearings worn out or and the drum`s spider has broken. Either way not cheap to fix and SOME models of this series have a sealed tank anyway so these parts replacement/s is not an option in any case other than a replacement tank/drum assembly.The bits of plastic are friction burns from the drum rubbing the front of the plastic tank behind the door seal most likely.
Re: Leak from door
check that the fabric conditioner is not blocked and especially under the soap drawer for a `dam` of congealed soap/fab cond. What happens is on the last rinse the machines can leak as a trickle from the dispenser and it runs down the door to 6 o/clock and drips giving the impression it is the door seal that is the problem- check this first. If the door seal has a tear in the lip of the seal then it is that, or hairs on the glass, overfilling can also cause the problem. Door seal not expensive, but not easy to do if you`ve never done one before.
Re: ISE W256W some clothes are shrinking at 40 degrees
Totally unfamilar with ISE stuff BUT.and I know what follows is going to sound a bit daft- but you are 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} that your machine is plumbed into cold water OR if a hot and cold fill you have the pipes on the corresponding correct valves- i.e. the right way round?
Re: Hoover Vision HD VHD9143 80 Error Code 09
Good point. Will keep it short in the future, but you have to admit I gave a fuller account than normally is the case. Will take on your point though.
Re: Hoover Vision HD VHD9143 80 Error Code 09
Ah, that`s because I`m writing for the public and not engineers. Your information is correct, but I have expanded the posters query in order to demonstrate what I found, on a similar machine, which may help someone else as a pointer and as a pointer only. I do agree it is long winded though but thought it necessary. Have a nice day.
Re: Hoover Vision HD VHD9143 80 Error Code 09
What follows is what I think is where the problem lies and is NOT necessarily 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} correct and is only based on my experience with a similar model to yours 3 months ago. 09 fault code is usually a component in the printed circuit board that has blown but….it probably won`t be visually obvious to make matters worse! The machine I had which was a vhd862-80 was fitted with a Sole (that is the make of this motor)brush motor and threw up code 09 having leaped up and banged about- basically there is no speed control and the machine was tumbling fast on rinses-could have been on wash cycle but makes no odds-…However before being panic stricken that the board had gone I thought I`d have a look at the tacho generator- this is the coil within a silver grey metal housing on the back of the motor that is a push fit in to the motor with 2 wires that lead to the motor block-there are often issues with a Sole type motor design is that this coil becomes lose and either falls off the motor, which is obvious when you look, or the magnet which is enclosed by the tacho coil unscrews but has enough space between the 2 to fall out of the motors armature and is not visually obvious though sometimes it can push the coil backwards giving the same result- Zanussi machines were famed for it as they used the same make of motor…. in theory both of these should by rights give a different fault code being 08. But this was not the case with the one I repaired so check, with the power off please, this motor tacho business first. Make sure that the tacho coil is pushed fully in to the motor as far as you can press it in, if you want to see the magnet first to check this you can very carefully lever off the tacho out of the motor but be very careful not to damage it as it is not a separate part you can buy without buying a new motor complete. What happened to my customers was the tacho coil had fallen off the motor rather than the magnet problem.
You should note, last time I looked at Hoovers web site (November 2012) that they were doing a special repair deal- remember it should have 5 year free parts anyway and if over 5 but less than 7 -I think, but you check it!- their charges are, presume still are, £122 one off charge including parts, so if you check as suggested and the motor terminal block for a lose wire- obvious things- but if all appears well it may well be the pc board that has gone after all which would cost you a packet if you bought the board yourself ,i.e. more than the £122- does not make sense? Little in this industry makes sense!! I`ve done my best to shine some light on your problem but I could of course be totally wrong. Fault code 08 was discovered on a previous Hoover machine I encounted some years ago by experimentation- seems that 08 and 09 faults are a little confused based on this. Note… there may be a different type of motor fitted to your machine with a different design of tacho coil fixture so do not leaver anything off you feel should not be leavred off otherwise you`ll break it!!!!e.g the Ce-set motor they also use.Re: wma 61 bearing size?
Oh i forgot best add a new belt to the list. Of course you may not need all these parts;- see previous post, but this is a typical guide as what to expect if you intend to,well, basically rebuild the thing as you only really want to do it once. You`ll have to add it all up and then decide what to do if anything or buy a new machine………..though what is the question as I have great difficulty recommending anything made these days but if this becomes a question ask some other members and see what they suggest…. I`m more-or-less retired from the industry now- at last freedom!
