Arggghhh whats up with my washing machine?

Question

I have a Zanussi washing machine (couldn't tell you what model though!) but its started playing up. I did 2 washes this morning at 40 as normal, but i've just put in another wash & its playing up. Its not completing the cycle (i.e. the washing powder goes in but not the fabric conditioner and it hasnt spun the clothes) yet i cant get the clothes out as the door is locked. I tried putting it on the cycle again hoping it would re-start it and do it properly but it just ticked through the cycle (i.e. the dial moved round the the spin part of the cycle) then stopped again. I managed to get the door to unlock by switching it off at the mains but the clothes are soaking wet, so then i just tried to do the spin cycle on its own but its not worked and the doors locked again. This has happened before but it sorted itself out, i was just wondering if anyone else has a zanussi and if this has happened to them and if so how do i solve it....please dont tell me its new washing machine time!!

Answer 1

If there is a removable filter on your machine unscrew it and check whether something is trapped in there (unplug the machine first and put down some old towels to catch the water that runs out). Mine once stopped draining because there was a hair elastic wrapped around the little propeller in the filter. Check all pockets before you wash.

Answer 2

Its new washing machine time.

Answer 3

Check your filter first, remove and clean it. this will cure your problem

Answer 4

for all the cute little gadgets each present it's own set of problems.suggest next time a plain Jane washing machine with a name you can trust like Kenmore.

Answer 5

Check your filter, and pipe for blockages, mine did this a couple of months ago, and hubby just took the pipe off, and found a coin blocking it.

It sounds like it isn't draining, and cannot complete a cycle unless it can drain freely, definately a blockage problem, by the sound of things.

My Zannussi washer is 20 years old, and tatty as h**l, I am dying for it to pack in, as I want a nice shiny new one, but the old bugger just won't stop working, and I am reluctant to part with it until it packs in. I'm sure there isn't much wrong with yours. Good luck!!

Answer 6

Have you checked the water outlet pipe at the back of the machine! you have either got a kink in it, or something like tissue has blocked it!! The water is not being allowed to escape therefore the wash cycle won't continue! once you sort out he pipe and the water can escape it will be fine!!!

Answer 7

Like people have said if the pipes get blocked it wont pump out the water but as you said it worked earlier in the day. Try cleaning the pipes and the filter.

Answer 8

pipes somewhere sound blocked. Fabric softener causes this. The door will not open if it has not drained. Make sure you clean out the filter too.

Answer 9

maybe it needs new brushes.