I have an Indesit 1300 Washing Machine.  The main control dial just keeps 
clicking and turning round until I switch off the power.  Is this a common 
fault?  The machine is 2 years old but can be replaced for about 200 so is 
probably not worth repairing if the main control mechanism has broken.  I 
seem to recall that this can happen on some new processor based machines and 
there might be a software reset procedure.  Does anyone have any 
suggestions.

Graham Brooker

My Ariston does that, but only when i use the hot-wash and drying cycle. 
Otherwise, it works fine. Never bothered to get them to look at it, as I 
never use that cycle anyway!

Graham Brooker wrote:

> I have an Indesit 1300 Washing Machine.  The main control dial just keeps 
> clicking and turning round until I switch off the power.  Is this a common 
> fault?  The machine is 2 years old but can be replaced for about 200 so is 
> probably not worth repairing if the main control mechanism has broken.  I 
> seem to recall that this can happen on some new processor based machines and 
> there might be a software reset procedure.  Does anyone have any 
> suggestions.
> 
> Graham Brooker 
> 
> 

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>I have an Indesit 1300 Washing Machine.  The main control dial just keeps 
>clicking and turning round until I switch off the power.  Is this a common 
>fault?  The machine is 2 years old but can be replaced for about 200 so is 
>probably not worth repairing if the main control mechanism has broken.  I 
>seem to recall that this can happen on some new processor based machines 
>and there might be a software reset procedure.  Does anyone have any 
>suggestions.
>
> Graham Brooker

Ours is the Indesit washer/dryer 18 months old, and does the same thing. 
Assuming it would end up being a big bill to pay and the fact that the wife 
doesn't like the dryer bit anyway, it's dumped in the garage.
Ironically though, just as I was about to disconnect to move it out the way 
for the new one (LG with free 5 yrs parts & labour) it started working ok 
and has done for about 12 washes and all seems ok. We did try probably over 
a week, switching it on,off, different programmes but the control knob just 
kept going round and round. Nevertheless the new one has been sat in the 
conservatory and needed playing with.
So that's the one we use now.