Re Singer Touch-Tronic 2001 memory machine Sewing Machine with touch control in picking stitches and built in decorative stitches. Can pick the stitches but the machine only will do a straight stitch no matter which stitch I pick, no matter if it is reverse, zig zag, decorative, longer, wider, etc. It only goes forward in a straight stitch. Manual suggested to press the red reset button (circuit breaker) which I did but still have the problem.
Any help is appreciated.

Barbara J, May 2008

Also make sure you have the zig-zag needle plate on the machine, not the straight stitch plate. The machine is set up so that it absolutely will not go into any zig-zag or pattern stitch unless the zig-zag plate is being used. It's a safety feature to prevent needle breakage and other damage to the machine.

Sandy, August 2011

We recently solved this problem after umteen years. There is a reset button at the bottom of the sewing machine. We just reset ours and it now works just like new.

James, May 2009

Hello Barbara,
If it is an electronic problem you really need to take it to a Singer electronic engineer who can test it with the proper equipment.

drivewithken@blueyonder.co.uk, May 2008