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Hello. We moved into our house about 18 months ago we got a Bosch Classix for £50 this worked ok apart having to having to have a knack for shutting the door in order for it to start due to the catch mechanism being loose. It would occasionally not drain and freeze mid cycle with the washing in it. Eventually we'd be able to get it started again but it kept happening and got worse. Eventually due to the door problem also being problematic we got rid of it and got one for free that was nearly new from Gumtree. This one was a problem from the beginning and wouldn't drain and the cycle would also freeze. As it was a similar problem I thought it might be something to do with the drainage. I checked all of the visible pipes and then got a two metre drain snake and shoved that down there. I also got the neighbour to check the drains as we can't access ours as the previous owner built decking over the access point and I haven't been able to sort that out yet! This seemed to be fine. Thinking it might be due to the washing machine as it was free we then got a two year old Beko one from our in-laws. This worked fine to begin with but soon began having the same problem and would stop mid cycle full of water, it would then sometimes work again. It also had a slightly hot electric smell on the spin cycle and last night the power tripped while it was spinning and there was that smell again, needless to say we are not currently using it, but it is turning on. As far as I can tell we've either had a really bad run of luck or there is some problem with the drainage. Would a drainage problem not in the washing machine potentially cause the symptoms described. I'm going to take up some of the decking tomorrow to look at the drain. Sorry for the essay but thought it was good to get some detail in there! Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Ben

AEG lavamat 68480 FL less than 11 months old. Failed to spin properly and now won't work as unable to reset control panel which keeps displaying previous programme with time remaining left at 0. Have cleaned filter etc at front. There was a little water but nothing of volume. Hose at rear not kinked either. Have loaded photo of current control panel display.

Hi all, new here to the forum. I have a bosch max classic WF0285SGB/01 It stopped turning spinning etc, like the usual when the carbon brushes have come to their end of life. So I went ahead and replaced the brushes as to be expected the brushes were not connecting to the motor commutator. I then went ahead and reinstalled the motor and put the belt back on. Tried a spin cycle and the motor started to make a hum noise and the lights dimmed a little while this was happening. I could hear the relays etc turn on and off. So I thought I might have put the belt on wrong. So for testing purposes I removed the belt and tried the same without it. Same thing happened. So this time I decided to make sure all my connections were correct (Only one main and an earth) Tried the spin cycle again and same results. I then decided to remove the motor and test it on my lab bench with a multimeter and I was getting 23.6ohms on a pair, 5.6 on another pair, and 1.6 on another pair. Having carried out the ohms check on the coils and commutator I decided to run the motor on 12VDC @ 2A and the motor worked fine in one direction and also in the other direction so this rules out that the motor is not at fault. (Note, it did nothing before the crushed were replaced) So I move onto the control board and check around , can't see anything visually that's bad. I removed and checked the relays and they are operational. Checked the caps and some diodes and resistors and they all checked out fine. Is there anything else that I am missing that I could check ? Thanks