When I press the foot pedal, the needle will only go to a certain point - not all the way down. Then it sort of freezes and makes a noise. I removed the threads and everything, but it still won't come down fully.

See page 62 Troubleshooting and Maintenance section of manual
BERNINA-Model-1530-Inspiration-Manual.pdf

Try the following.

Presser foot up.
Rotate handwheel so needle up.
Remove top thread, spool, and bobbin.

Power off

Select straight stitch pattern 2.
Select stitch width 2.5 - needle position middle.
Set tension to 4.

Power on.

1. Press foot pedal.
2. If still knocks, remove needle.
3. Press foot pedal.
4. If still knocks, move bobbin winding spindle all the way right and back all the way left.
5. Press foot pedal.
6. If still knock, remove bobbin case (pg 47 in manual)
7. Press foot pedal.
8. if here and still knock... not sure what it is.

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Do not press the foot pedal. Continuing to run the motor when the machine cannot work properly could irreparably damage the motor. Unplug your machine. Cut the top thread at the needle, open the bobbin area and try to remove the bobbin case. You may have to patiently snip tangled threads, but eventually you should be able to get the bobbin case out. Once that happens, the needle will most likely be free.

Could be the motor belt came off or broke.

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Try tightening the balance wheel

There is probably a bad connection in your foot pedal. Try moving it around with your hands at the contact points while pressing to activate. If it goes when you are shifting its position then it needs to be fixed or replaced.

I just fixed a Bernina foot pedal with this problem. There is a metal piece that presses down on a small switch when the pedal is released. The switch wasn't being pressed down hard enough to completely disconnect the power. As a result the machine kept slowly sewing when the pedal was released. I bent the metal piece down slightly with needle nose pliers so the switch would be fully pressed when the pedal is released. The hardest part was opening the foot pedal because there were no visible screws. I used a flathead screwdriver to pry the base off the foot pedal at the pivot points.

This is most likely a fault in the foot control. Normally supplied with this machine is a Type 10 and this can be fixed quite easily but probably not by the machine's owner unless you have some electrical and mechanical experience.

If you have knowledge of and access to a multimeter, you can test it. What working properly, you will find the following:
Pedal released: resistance is infinite (anything around 4k Ohms or less and the machine will run).
Heel pressed: resistance is about 10k Ohms.
Toe steadily pressed from nothing to all the way down: resistance is infinite then after a small depression, jumps to about 4k Ohms steadily decreasing to zero as the pedal reaches all the way down.

Your problem, being at the point where the pedal isn't pressed suggests that there's some contamination in the pedal. It's also possible that you have a type 365 pedal (as used on the 930) and this is more likely to give this kind of trouble due to the use of carbon brushes in this foot pedal.

The needle on my sewing machine won't move. The pedal makes a noise but nothing happens. The hand wheel doesn't turn either. Please help this is the first time I have tried to use it and disaster

Turn off the power and remove the needle and presser foot.

Remove the needle plate, bobbin and bobbin case.

Clean the shuttle and surrounding area.

Replace everything.

Make sure the flat side of the needle faces to the back of the machine.

Raise the presser foot and re-thread the machine.