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my hotpoint wf840?

when i try to put it on a wash cycle it only does a test pre wash, how can i fix it?

dawn, June 2005

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i see test word on the screen how can I fix it reza thanks

reza, September 2013

I have just had this problem ,for the second time,unfortunately I could not recall how to correct it[it was 5 years ago].thanks to the wonders of the web all systems are go .

gerry, November 2011

thank you all so much. thought i was going washing machine shopping today. panic over :)

ellie t, August 2011

how do you get test mode off my hotpoint wf840

mr sadler, May 2011

how do you replace the brushes on the wf840

sarah, August 2010

I just had this problem and thank you for the answer.

Rab, March 2010

when i try to use my hotpoint it saye test and it wont do anything.

shirley, December 2009

Thank you everyone really thought my machine was done for!!!

m scott, December 2009

hi, been pulling my hair out!!!!!!!! this is a womans toy not a mans!!!!!. turned on the machine and got the (test) message come up and could not grt rid of it, turned the machine back on pushed both buttons together and got the doff message, now works all fine, many thanks. bob uk

bob, March 2008

Thanks for that guys, mine just went into test mode and wouldnt come out of it, pressed the "on/off" button till it showed, "on", then let go and pressed both the "start" and "on/off " buttons together, got the "Doff "message, now it works fine.
Thanks a million guys
Brian

Brian Verrecchia, November 2007

I was completely at a loss as to how to get my machine out of the test mode. Having lost the instruction manual thought the only solution was to buy a new one. Thanks for the advice, would never have thought of doing that, especially after the old unplugging trick failed to work!!

Leah, September 2007

Have moved our 840 to Oz having bought it in UK - the TEST message had us stumped but thanks to the internet and folks happy to share their experiences all has worked out. We did as above, got the DOFF message and then started a wash cycle and hey presto it worked. Thanks everyone

mark and julia, July 2007

Thanks......! For the answer my wife run into the same problem and your answer cured the problem......! It defently works for those of you looking to get your Hotpoint out of TEST MODE...

George, November 2006

my mates wf840 had the same problem, so we followed the instructions. He didnt need to hold the start button but when the test cycle had finished, immediately before it goes back to 'on' he pressed both the start and on/off buttons and got the 'doff' msg and it cleared itself. (he said the buttons pushed in further than the normal 'touch' distance- if that makes sense!). Anyway he said thanks for the advice.

Keith (on behalf of Paul), January 2006

I had the same problem, but all is okay now!

Hotpoints are designed to go into test mode when the start button and the on/off button are pressed at the same time. If you are stuck in Test mode, simply hold the start button down until it comes out of test mode, then hold both the start buttons and the on/off button down until you see ‘D:end’ (or similar message). Now try setting up a wash again and hey presto, it's just fine.

[My message was doff)

Shiraz Esat, July 2005

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