My Indesit washing machine is malfunctioning.

Telling the technician that the Indesit washing machine's program is malfunctioning isn't enough. A "glitch" can cover a variety of faults and malfunctions, so the owner will be asked to answer leading questions and describe the situation more precisely. To understand what to look for and how to convey the full picture to the technician, we suggest looking at an example of a typical "glitch." Judging by online reviews, it's common, and it's best to be prepared for this behavior with your Indesit washing machine.

The situation through the eyes of the hostess

Indesit malfunctions vary, and it's best to be prepared for unusual "surprises." For example, the owner of an older Indesit recently encountered a typical system glitch. The owner described the situation as follows.

“I started the wash and was about to go and do some errands when I noticed the machine behaving unusually. He would pour in water, then turn the drum a couple of revolutions, then start filling again, and so on for 10 minutes. At first, I thought the inlet hose was clogged, blaming the washer's inability to draw enough water from the mains. I decided to finish hand-washing the laundry, then rinse and spin it in the machine. I paused the cycle and pulled out the rather soaked laundry. I realized the drum was filling fine.

I turn on the rinse cycle, but it doesn't work: it doesn't rinse, it doesn't pause, and just makes random movements. Hoping for a spin cycle, I start the appropriate program. Voila – the drum starts spinning. I decide to try rinsing again, and the machine fills half the tank and starts the cycle without a problem. So, there are definitely no problems with the water intake.

Then, at random, I selected the "Daily Wash" program and, to my surprise, the machine ran as normal. With great difficulty, everything dried, rinsed, and spun.

A couple of days later, I started the washing machine again, and the exact same thing happened. I immediately tried the previous procedure: I stopped the cycle, set it to spin, then selected rinse, and then ran the standard program. And the machine started working without a hitch. But I still couldn't figure out what the problem was or how to fix it.

A few days later, the owner figured out what to do. She figured out how to plug the washing machine into a different outlet, after which the machine started working without any glitches. Below, we'll look at why changing the outlet solved the problem and how to avoid a similar scenario.

Reason for failure

The cause of the described glitch was a faulty outlet. More precisely, the system malfunctioned due to a poor connection. This meant that power wasn't being supplied to the machine fully, which caused the machine, which is sensitive to voltage fluctuations, to "respond" with strange behavior and a program reset.

Many people think that an electrical outlet is either working or broken, with no in-between. But this is far from true. Only a few people know that a device that appears to be functioning normally often has contact problems and creates interference with household appliances. To completely remedy the situation, it's worth contacting an electrician and installing a separate outlet for the washing machine with grounding, a voltage stabilizer, and a circuit breaker.

If calling a specialist isn't possible and you need to continue washing, try doing it yourself. Turn off the power to the apartment, disassemble the outlet housing, replace the burnt terminals, clean the wiring, and restore the connections. Ideally, install a moisture-resistant housing.

2 reader comments

1. October 29, 2021 at 8:27 PM

   Marie:

   The panel is glitching, what should I do!?

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2. December 27, 2021 at 3:23 PM

   User:

   A terrible company, I regret buying it. I should have bought LG, I wouldn't have been so sad.

   I encountered this problem a month after purchasing it. It was on cycle 5, quick wash, 40 degrees. I came in and it was beeping in the rinse cycle. It just kept filling and draining. The meter kept running low.

   Let's figure it out, I set it to economy mode. It's the same mode, cold water.
   Everything's okay, the whole process is normal. So the conclusion is that the heating element is dead or there's not enough voltage.

   But I started testing other modes. It washes flawlessly on 60 and 95 degrees. But the 40-degree, quick wash mode (number 5) just stopped working. I tried other modes, and it's the same old nonsense. It works intermittently.

   So you crooked-handed manufacturers, shove your company into your...
   Or a separate stabilizer outlet.
   LG operates on 100 volts.

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