Troubleshooting

Opening the loading door (blocked drain outlet and/or power outage)

￿Switch the washer off.

Behind the flap that covers the detergent compartment, there is lever to open the access flap.

￿Pull the lever out.

￿Use it to open the access flap.

Blocked drain outlet

If the drain outlet is blocked, up to 25 l will be retained inside the washer.

￿Caution: If laundry has just been washed at a high temperature, water draining out of the machine will still be hot - Beware of scalding!.

How to drain the washer

￿Place a suitable container under the access flap.

Do NOT unscrew or entirely remove the drain filter.

￿Instead, loosen the drain filter enough to allow the water to drain out.

To interrupt the flow of water:

￿Tighten the drain filter back up again.

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Miele W 1612 operating instructions Blocked drain outlet, How to drain the washer