If you have a washing machine with a screen (LCD) - electronic and lit error F16 or electromechanical Indesit (when there is no display) light "Lock" is lit or flashing
This is what error F16 looks like on a washing machine without a screen, when only the indicators are lit or flashing:
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What does this error code f16 mean?
This error is only for washing machines with vertical load.
Indesit error signals
Stops spinning the drum during the program, stops, or does not start the washing at all.
Checking with your own hands - solving
- If the drum is spinning, try disconnecting the power supply for half an hour, so the machine will restart.
- Unplug the washing machine and try turn the drum inside If the drum does not spin, you may have a foreign object inside, e.g. a brassiere bone.
- When you open the washing machine, make sure the door is in place, if it is not, it most likely opened during the wash and locked the drum
Replace and repair
- We check the control module of the washing machine, in case of malfunction we replace or repair it.
- Replace the device blocking the hatch, if it does not work.
Other errors of washing machines:
- Error code F15: The heating element with dryer is defective
- Error code F14: Heater burned out, replace
