I have lent my Miele W838 to my mother-in-law. The machine is in Chile, while I am in Norway, making diagnosis a bit difficult for me. To further complicate things, I have only been able to download the instruction manual in Dutch.

When starting on a washing cycle, it will take in water, then immediately start to pump it out. The drum will not move.

To the right of the control knob there is a vertical row of lights (prewash, wash, rinse, rinse stop (Spoelstop in the Dutch manual), pump, and anti-wrinkle/stop (Kreukbeveiliging/Einde in the Dutch manual)

The following lamp will be lit: Kreukbeveiliging/Einde.
The following lamp will flash: Spoelen (Rinse)

Thor Atle Rustad, May 2005

HI THOR

I'VE GOT THE SAME PROBLEM JUST IN AUSTRALIA. RINSE LIGHT FLASHING AFTER IT TAKES WATER AND THAN STRAIGT DRAIN WITHOUT DRUM MOVEMENT. i DON;T KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I WOULD ALSO BE VERY CURIOUS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BEFORE I GET THE TECHNICIAN TO QUOTE ME SOMETHING RIDICULOUS TO RIP ME OFF

mark pauland, May 2005

sorry thor but I can't help you with that but you could try :www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk

22, May 2005