The short answer for this family
On the Alliance FWN family, a washer that will not start a cycle is usually the door lock or interlock. A front-load drum puts the seal, the sump and the bearing all below the water line, which is why this family's faults cluster at the bottom of the cabinet. The brand-generic article for this symptom ranks the supply and the start circuit first; on this platform it does not. The checks at the head of the ranking cost nothing but time; the cause at its foot is not owner work at any stage.
What you observe on these models
- Which of the family's models you are standing in front of — The matrix on this page is two rows that differ only in their production code, so the family is one cabinet, and that is worth reading first, because a front-load drum puts the seal, the sump and the bearing all below the water line, which is why this family's faults cluster at the bottom of the cabinet.
- Nothing lights and nothing happens — Supply first: a dead panel is an outlet or a breaker before it is a machine.
- The panel lights but the cycle never begins — Power is arriving. The door lock or the fill is the next question.
- The door will not lock, or the lock clicks and releases — Nothing starts until the lock reports shut, so this stops the machine dead.
Causes, most likely first on the FWN family
- The door lock or interlock — Ranked first because a front-load drum puts the seal, the sump and the bearing all below the water line, which is why this family's faults cluster at the bottom of the cabinet.
- The supply and the start circuit — Second. The pump and its filter are behind the lower front panel; the bellows is accessible with the door open, so the cord and the outlet are reachable and are where a connection loosens.
- The inlet valve, its screens and the taps — Third. Check the taps are fully open before anything else; a half-turned tap is the commonest version of this.
- The cycle control or a pressure sensor — Fourth. Electronics fail less often than the water path above them.
- A blocked pump filter or drain hose — Last. Still worth clearing, because a slow drain becomes a blocked one.
- Body: This is not the brand-generic ranking. The door lock or interlock moves to the top of this family's ranking and the supply and the start circuit goes down to second place, because the platform here is a front-load cabinet with a horizontal drum, a bellows seal at the door and a sump below the tub.
Check in this order on these models
- Close the door firmly and listen for the lock — Press the door shut and listen. No click, no cycle, and nothing else on the machine will tell you that.
- Test the outlet with something else — A dead panel is a supply question, and the test takes a lamp and a moment.
- Check both taps are fully open — A machine that cannot fill will not begin, and a half-turned tap after a plumbing visit is the commonest version of this.
- Try a different programme — A machine that starts one cycle and not another has told you the fault is in the selection rather than in the drive.
- Body: The order follows the ranking, and the access decides the rest: on these models the pump and its filter are behind the lower front panel; the bellows is accessible with the door open.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before opening any panel or the pump filter; a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Do not reset a breaker repeatedly; a breaker that trips again is reporting a fault.
Models in the FWN family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| FWN6ZR**116T*** | alliance:washer:fwn |
| FWN6ZR**119T*** | alliance:washer:fwn |
Where the owner limit falls on these models
Call when the supply is proven, both taps are open, the drum is empty and the door still will not lock or the cycle still will not begin. Call promptly if the breaker trips whenever the machine is switched on, and leave it unplugged until it is looked at. On this family the line falls where the access does: the pump and its filter are behind the lower front panel; the bellows is accessible with the door open.
Other symptoms covered for this family
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