My zanussi Zwh 6160p is not taking in water - Zanussi Washing Machines

Either one of these.

Control board has failed.
Control knob has failed.
Motor has failed.
Motor controller has failed.
If you can hear the motor turning, the coupler has failed.

You need a service call to get correct diagnostics and warranty on the repair.

The video _may_ help?

https://www.google.com/search?q=Zanussi+ZWH+7149+drum+not+turning

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This is not a real solution because it is impractical. But it may work. The machine has different sensor. One or more and not receiving the proper signals. Some sensors are like push in buttons. If they are not pressed the machine won't work or will just jump to end cycle. Since you mentioned it does works when you move the machine. It indicates a sensor may be loosen the drum bounces and when cloth is unevenly distributed it hits hard and the machine makes loud noises BUMP BUMP so my theory is a sensor is loosen and needs to be reattach . Only do it yourself if you have some experience taking things apart. Good luck. Anyways my impractical solution was to put two pieces of wood in only 2 of the 4 corners of washer and trying it this way the drum will be tilt and has more chances of pressing sensor.

This error means the washing machine door will not open promptly or might not open at all. It could be caused by a number of potential issues from wiring faults to damage to the door lock..

Look on the washer for two buttons with a line between them with a padlock symbol in the middle of the line. (This line and label will be below the buttons and will be in a smaller font than the labels above the buttons.)

On the Zanussi ZWH7120, you need to press and hold the temperature and spin buttons for about 3 seconds to toggle the child lock feature on and off. On the Zanussi ZWH 6105, you have to press and hold the Spin and Option buttons for 6 seconds. On these models, the pair of buttons are button 2 and 3 on the front panel (on the left side of the row of buttons) .

Please add a comment with the model of your washer for specific information on that child lock feature. I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

First, always check carbon brushes on main motor especially if the appliance is in use for several years.

Five times the red alarm means a problem with the engine washing.
So, could be:

E51 - Motor power triac short-circuited.
Current leakage from motor or from wiring; Main PCB faulty
E52 - No signal from motor tachometric generator.
Wiring faulty; Motor faulty; Main circuit board faulty.
E53 - Motor triac sensing circuit faulty (wrong input voltage to
microprocessor). Main circuit board faulty.
E54 - Motor relay contacts sticking (high voltage level when
the relay switches to OFF).
Current leakage from motor or from wiring; Main PCB faulty;

Rapid reading last alarms:
Press the START/PAUSE button and the nearest option button simultaneously (4 and 6) for at least 2 seconds: the LEDs initially switch off, and then display the flashing sequence indicating the last alarm.
Dado

if its around six years old it could be worn motor brushes not too expensive to buy or replace depending on yours skill levels.

try download from either site:
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/761710/Zanussi-Zwh-7120-P.html

or that one:
http://laundry.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/zanussi/zanussi_washer_product_list.html?page=5

scroll down till you find correct manual, then download it.

hope this will help you - do not forget to vote...

http://elektrotanya.com/zanussi_zwh_6120p_wiring_diagram.pdf/download.html

looking at the diagram for the machine
i see the line door this is used to turn on and off the motor
i think if the heating element fails or one of its fuses {prob a bad element} then the machine will stop half into a cycle because it cant heat up
so it will just stop dead

its not a very intellegent machine so i expect no error codes etc
hope im right and its the heater etc... as it makes sense if you look over the diagram at the link above

Turn the programme selector dial to the required programme.
The selector dial can be turned either clockwise
or counter-clockwise. The green pilot light of the button
9 starts flashing: the appliance is now switched on.
If you turn the programme selector dial to another programme
when the appliance is working, the red pilot light
of the button 9 will flash 3 times and the message Err is displayed to indicate a wrong selection.
The appliance will not perform the new selected programme.
• To switch the appliance off, turn the programme selector
dial to the position .
• To cancel or change a running programme, switch the
appliance off by turning the programme selector dial to the
position . Select the new programme by turning the selector
to the desired programme. Start the new programme
by pressing the button 9 again. The water in the tub will be
not emptied out.

Dado