Last year we had a problem with our Miele Washing Machine W842, started, made a funny noise, then stopped with "Rinses" light flashing. We saw the advice on here and changed the brushes but no luck, then we sent the control board to a man in Germany for repair and the machine worked perfectly again. 2 things have happened recently, we had to turn our water supply off and we had a lot of air in the pipes, also I left a load of wet washing in the machine for too long and had to re wash it (maybe this unbalanced the machine?) Anyway, the machine started making a funny noise again and then stopped with Rinses light flashing. I thought it must be the original problem again so sent the control board back to the man in Germany. He advised that it would be best to also replace the dampers , so I ordered these as well. Now he has received the board, tested it and says that there is nothing wrong with it so I have asked him to send it back again. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be now? Been without a machine for too long now so any help would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks

CarrieWashing123, June 2014

For an 18 year old W842 , 'Rinse Light' means the EL200 PCB ( Main Controller Board ) has become faulty , due to either the Motor becoming faulty [ to check , examine the resistance on the Armature(10.5 ohms approx ) / the resistance on the Field coils (6 ohms ) / the resistance on the Tacho Coil (319 ohms) , Temp Switch (3 ohms), and ensure earth through the 10MOhm resistance contacts the machine body through the screw on the brush pack.... all these are approx values ( access the motor by carefully tipping nearly all the way onto side )] . If all Ok ,then replace the motor brushes ( £5.99 on ebay) whilst motor is on the bench .
After ruling out the motor as the fault , replace the two shock-absorber struts , attached to the bottom of the drum ( £15 ebay ), which have normally caused the problem ....... by letting the drum hit the side and back of the washing machine unit whilst in the spin cycle [access by opening front panel, by releasing 3 bolts around loading hole , and 3 screws around soap container , then release hose within the filter compartment ..... obviously remove the top panel and lower kick panel first , and TURN THE POWER OFF ] .
Remove the PCB for repair ( approx £30 on ebay) . Note the control knob pulls off , and the hose pulls out of the back of the pcb [located in the top of the front door panel , EL 200 ]. Note that a new board scraps the machine at £360 , so forget that path.
Hope this helps someone , and saves landfill that little bit more........ saved me the £700 for a new machine, and many thanks to others who have posted on the internet re this subject.

MiMo, September 2018

Rinse light flashing is an indicator that something is wrong in the motor circuit. Usually it is the brushes but you have changed these, or it can be the control board but you have had that checked out, so it could be a problem with the motor itself. Check the plug connections to the motor and that a wire hasn't come out of the plugs can't think of anything else you can try without calling out a Miele engineer.

Kenjo, June 2014