AEG OKO-Lavamat 72630 fails to start

[noxhoej]

Hi

I own an AEG OKO-Lavamat 72630 washing machine which has started malfunctioning. When I press the \\\"Start/Pause\\\" button to start a washing program, it seems like it is going to start, quiet whirring sounds are heard (although the drum never starts turning), but after 10 secnds or so, the green \\\"Door\\\" light turns off and the \\\"Start/Pause\\\" starts blinking - no error codes are displayed. I then have to wait a couple of minutes for the door lock to release (or just turn the dial to \\\"Off\\\" and back again, which will also cause the door lock to release).

This has to be repeated any number of times 5-10-20-60, and suddenly it will start! It drives me completely nuts

I have uploaded a small video, showing the malfunctioning behaviour - you can either choose to download the small (1.84 MB) hi-res version from divshare.com or watch it on youtube

http://www.divshare.com/download/25282-9b1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9e3RgYeAyY

I am interested in hearing any ideas as to what might be causing this idea and how it might be fixed!

Regards
Nicholas Oxhøj

 

[chrisjc]

Do you hear a repeated clicking noise as well?

We have this problem, it is caused by the door interlock switch not being properly activated. It may be cured if you push hard on the door after closing it and before you press the start button. My son does not seem to have the technique and gets the problem much more frequently than I do!

HTH