How to stop washing in an Indesit washing machine?

In the modern world, every home has a washing machine, which undoubtedly makes women’s work easier and saves time. You can simply load dirty laundry into this unit, select the necessary program and continue to go about your business. But in some cases it is necessary to urgently turn off the machine. This can happen if dark clothes were mistakenly loaded into the machine with white laundry; during washing, foreign objects were found in the device, to remove which it is necessary to stop the operation of the unit, open it and remove all unnecessary items. Another reason for rebooting the washing machine is an incorrectly selected mode that needs to be changed. In this review, we will look at how to reset the program on a washing machine if a malfunction occurs.

How to open the bottom of the washing machine?

Remove the outer part of the sealing collar by first pulling out the wire retaining ring inserted into the recess around the hatch. Unscrew the two screws and remove the door lock from the housing. Unscrew the three screws under the powder container and the two located at the very bottom of the front wall.

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Ways to interrupt the wash cycle

Sometimes situations arise when washing is started and for some reason you need to urgently stop it in order to open the machine. For example, when it turned out that they forgot to take something important out of the pocket of the item being washed.

There are several ways to stop a washing machine while a program is running:

• Temporarily suspending the washing program. To do this, press “Start/Pause” or move the toggle switch to the “Stop” position. Typically, 45-60 seconds after quickly pressing the button, the drum door lock is released. Then you can either remove laundry that cannot be washed from the machine, or get forgotten items;
• In many models, the “Start” button is also the “Stop” or “Pause” button. Even when washing has started, but if the drum is not yet completely filled with water, by pressing these buttons, you can pause the process and open the hatch.
• If the washing machine does not have a “Pause” function, you can try turning the regulator to the initial position, which will lead to a stop. When the drum is filled with water, do not open the hatch, as water will spill out onto the floor. If you need to open the door when the drum is filled with water, you need to drain it through the “Spin” or “Drain” mode and then calmly open the door.

• If the machine has stopped due to a sudden cut in the power supply, it is recommended to disconnect it from the network and, after waiting for voltage, plug the plug into the outlet. The machine will continue working from where it left off. To urgently stop a running washing machine, you can simulate an emergency shutdown by removing the plug from the socket.

Important: the washing machine software is sensitive to any forced stops and it is not recommended to abuse them so as not to cause interruptions in its operation.

When stopping the device, be sure to visually assess the amount of water in the drum and if there is a lot of it, then start “Drain” after the end of the program or its pause. This will not take more than ten minutes, but will eliminate the possibility of flooding the apartment and neighbors.

Door unlock

A forced stop of a car does not always go smoothly. It is rare, but it happens that after turning off the program it is not possible to open the door. Such a situation is considered abnormal and requires the intervention of service center repairmen. But with the right approach, you can cope with UBL on your own. To unlock the door of a stopped washing machine, you need to do this.

1. Take a thin rope or wire. You need a cord slightly longer than the diameter of the hatch.
2. Thread the wire into the gap between the door and the machine body on the right side.
3. Pull the cord so that it presses on the door lock.

If you can’t get to the constipation, you can try another method. Take a spatula, place it in the gap already described and press on the lock tongue. Here it is important to act as carefully as possible, otherwise it is easy to damage the body of the washing machine and ruin its appearance. When the wire and spatula did not help, we take on the third method.

• We disconnect the machine from communications.
• Unscrew the two screws holding the cover from the back wall.
• Push the cover away from you until the latches engage and remove the panel.
• We take a thin “minus” screwdriver and insert it inside the washing machine, right to the lock with the UBL.
• Using a flashlight, we try to find the plastic plate on the locking mechanism and move it to the left.

If everything is done correctly, a characteristic click will be heard, after which the UBL will successfully turn off. All that remains is to grab the handle and pull it towards you. But before you open the door, you should make sure that the drum is not filled with water.

Common causes of malfunctions

Some breakdowns and malfunctions of the Indesit washing machine can be resolved yourself and it is not necessary to contact a workshop. How to understand that the problem is serious:

• Unstable operation of the device.
• Flashing lights.
• Displays numbers on the screen indicating an error.
• Water spilled on the floor.
• Smoke in the room.
• The smell of burning.

One of the selection criteria is the external size of the washing machine.

In case of such problems, contact a specialist.

Possible serious damage:

• Engine failure.
• Problems with the temperature sensor.
• Incorrect operation of the water level sensor.
• The water does not drain.
• The device does not execute the specified program.
• Problems associated with the pressure switch and heating element.
• Malfunction of the ECU board.
• The drying function does not start.
• Water does not enter the tank.

The capacity of washing machines can vary over a wide range.

Removing liquid from the tank

Before stopping the tank and opening the door, the washing machine tank must be emptied. If the “Drain” and “Spin” programs do not turn on for some reason, you will have to drain the water manually. It’s easier and more reliable to use an emergency tap, that is, unscrew the garbage filter of the machine.

If the machine washed things in a program with water heating to 40-90 degrees, then before unscrewing the filter you need to wait 20-30 minutes until the washer cools down!

1. Disconnect the machine from the network.
2. We find in the lower right corner of Indesit a technical hatch cover of a rectangular or square shape.
3. We pry up the hatch cover with a flat screwdriver and snap off the plastic holders.
4. We remove the part and on the right side we find a black “washer” - the dust filter cover.
5. We tilt the body of the unit forward, placing a solid platform (for example, a couple of books) under the rear legs.
6. We cover the area around with rags and place a container under the filter to collect water.
7. We take the protruding “handle” of the filter and unscrew it, working counterclockwise.

Another way is to drain the water through a drain hose by gravity. We disconnect the hose from the sewer, stretch it below the level of the tank and lower it into a previously prepared basin. The “siphon effect” will cease to operate, and the waste liquid from the drum will automatically flow out.

Additional recommendations

Neighbors' Bay is one of the most common horror stories, hanging like a sword of Damocles over everyone who lives in apartment buildings above the second floor. If you stop the car and open the hatch, the probability of the event increases to one. To avoid this you need to:

• Visually verify that the water level in the drum is not much higher than the hatch threshold.
• Never use advice like - unscrew the filter neck (under the hatch on the front panel) or pull the pipe off the pump. This is a definite disaster.

For all machines, the drain hose is suspended in a loop at a level just below the top edge. Because no one has canceled the principle of connecting vessels.

Place the end of the drain hose in a bucket or deep basin, remove the loop from the bracket and lower it to the floor. The water will flow out on its own.

Usually there is no more than 10 liters in the drum, so to lower the water level to the threshold of the hatch, you only need to drain 3-4 liters. After this, you can safely reload the laundry and remove items.

Now you know whether it is possible to turn off the washing machine during washing and how to do it as safely as possible for it and others.

When is an emergency stop required?

High-risk equipment also includes washing machines, which must be operated under supervision. But if you need to leave urgently and need to stop working the machine, you will have to resort to an emergency stop - unplug the plug from the socket and turn off the power to the washing machine. Subsequently, when it becomes possible to wash it, the fork must be returned to its place and the machine will continue to work from the place where it was stopped.

The equipment does not respond to user commands

If the “Stop”, “Pause” buttons and rotating the programmer do not help, then you can only use the emergency stop of the washing machine. In simple words, you need to turn off the power to the machine by unplugging the power cord from the outlet, wait 15-30 minutes and restart the system. In the best case, the previous settings will be reset and the machine will allow the cycle to continue. In the worst case, a reset will not help due to a faulty control board and you will have to contact specialists for comprehensive diagnostics. But sometimes the system freezes and does not respond to user commands due to the following reasons.

• Drum overload. Modern washing machines are equipped with special sensors that automatically measure the weight of the laundry loaded into the machine and, if the norm is exceeded, block further washing. Until the excess is removed, the cycle will not begin.
• Inappropriate washing mode. Some standard programs, for example “Delicate”, “Wool” or “Down”, do not require spinning and draining. It turns out that after rinsing is completed, the system stops and cannot continue working. You need to look carefully at the dashboard and select the correct button.
• Imbalance. If during the spin phase the drum slows down in the middle of acceleration or after 2-3 rotation attempts, then the problem is imbalance. Many washing machines have protection against imbalance, and when things get into a lump, they pause the wash for safety reasons. It’s easy to fix the situation: open the hatch and evenly distribute the clothes along the walls of the tank.
• Breaking. When there is no overload with imbalance and inconsistency between functions and programs, there is only one reason for the machine to self-stop - a malfunction. Then you should pay attention to the display, decipher the displayed error code and identify the location and extent of the problem.

In addition to the error code, other factors indicate the nature of the failure. So, stopping at the beginning of the cycle indicates problems with the pump or heating element, and hanging on the spin and rinse indicates a malfunction of the drainage system. A drum that does not spin or an accompanying hum indicates a burnt-out motor.