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On this roster the interlock has more ways to stop a cycle than every other component put together. A control lock or a delay setting explains a real share of calls where nothing at all is wrong. Work the questions in order and the answer usually appears in the first two.
What owners report
- It works if the door is pushed harder — The latch is failing and reporting itself. It will stop working completely before long.
- The panel responds to some buttons and not others — A working board with a specific input problem, or a control lock partially understood.
- No lights, no sound, no response to any button — A supply question first. Check the breaker before anything on the machine itself.
- The panel lights but the drum never moves — Power is present and something is withholding permission — usually the door interlock.
- The door will not lock, or unlocks straight away — The interlock is not engaging. Until it does, nothing on this machine will run.
- It fills and then stops without agitating — The machine started and abandoned. That is a fill or a level fault, not a start fault.
- NEAR MISS — the cycle starts and stalls mid-way — A cycle that begins and does not finish is its own fault path and has its own page for this family.
Causes, most likely first on this roster
- Door or lid interlock not engaging — First on this roster. The interlock must close before the machine will do anything at all, and it is operated several times a day against a spring, so it wears long before the electronics do.
- No supply — tripped breaker or a socket behind the machine — Second, and easily missed because the socket is usually unreachable once the machine is in place. Another appliance on the same circuit will trip it without anyone connecting the two events.
- Lid switch or interlock solenoid failed — A genuine failure of the part above, and it fails safe, so the result is a machine that will never run. Confirming it needs a meter.
- Control board or supply wiring fault — Last. Real, but rare enough on this roster that suspecting it first costs a day. It is also the only cause here an owner cannot test.
The diagnostic order for this family
- Close the door firmly and listen for the lock — A definite click means the interlock engaged. No click is the answer on the spot.
- Check the breaker for the laundry circuit — On a machine pushed into an alcove the breaker is the only accessible supply test.
- Look for a lock indicator and hold the button it is printed on — A locked panel behaves exactly like a dead one, and it is released the way it was set.
- Check both taps are fully open — Free and quick, and it explains a machine that starts and gives up within a minute.
- Select a different programme and watch for any change — A response to some inputs and not others tells you the board is alive.
- Unplug at the breaker for a minute, then restore — Clears a control held in a state by a power interruption, which is commoner than it sounds.
Isolate first
Safety
Kill the supply before anything else happens: unplug it, or switch the breaker off. A capacitor can hold a charge long after the power has gone.
Models in the MAV family — The listings below are what this page covers; it is a family page, not a model page.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| MAV160-A2402PS/01FM-US | artt:washer:mav |
| MAV180-A2804PS/01FM-US | artt:washer:mav |
When this stops being owner work
Check the door, the breaker, the lock and the taps before calling anybody. Call when the latch is firm and there is still no response at all, because that is a genuine electrical fault rather than a misunderstanding.
The rest of this family
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