Washing machine will not start a program

[Chris Wesley]

Hi, I have checked the  COMMON FAULTS document and don't find my fault there.

I've had my Zanussi WDJ1294 for a long time. For a while it would sometimes not start a program when I clicked to the start point, but if i just went around the dial to the same point again, it would start - the click, then the water would start flowing in. But now it doesn't, no matter how many times I go around. The red light is on, but no click on any program. The child lock is not on.

Any ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks

Chris

[Whitegoodshelp (Andy)]

Hello Chris. As an engineer I can't assume that the two faults are definitely connected. It obviously sounds like something that's been playing up and has now failed completely. But you can't rule out a possibility that this second development is a completely different fault. To be fair it may well be that there has been a dodgy connection inside the timer which has now finally failed but it's an unusual fault having potentially developed from the intermittent fault you described.

[Chris Wesley]

Thanks Andy. I guess I'll have to drag the damned thing out and open it up.

Cheers

Chris