Hotpoint washing machines fault codes
Hotpoint washing machines report faults as an F followed by two digits, and Hotpoint publish the full list of fourteen. Their machines are the same as Indesit under the badge, so the codes are identical across both brands. One of them, F06, carries a safety recall that is still open — if your machine was built between October 2014 and February 2018, read that page before you do anything else.
Where the code shows on a Hotpoint
Machines with a digital display show the code directly. Machines without one signal it through the indicator lights, and this is where most guidance online goes wrong: Hotpoint’s own tool asks which LEDs are lit, in sequence, and offers separate horizontal and vertical panel layouts. It is a pattern, not a flash count. Tables telling you that five flashes means F05 do not match how the manufacturer reads these machines.
How to reset a Hotpoint
Hotpoint give one reset and are specific about it: disconnect the appliance from the mains for a minimum of two minutes, reconnect, wait thirty seconds, then try again. They offer it for F01 and F18 only. On the codes where they do not offer it, repeating it is not going to help.
Most common Hotpoint faults
The Hotpoint codes people look up most.
- F05Get it checkedThe machine cannot pump out, so the door stays locked with water inside. Hotpoint treat this as an owner job and point you at the pump filter first.
- F06Get it checkedA door lock fault — and the one code on this machine with an open safety recall behind it. If yours was built between October 2014 and February 2018, check the recall before anything else.
- F08Get it checkedA heater fault that stops the programme part way through. Hotpoint offer nothing to try at home and send this one straight to an engineer.
- F01Get it checkedA control board fault where some or all functions stop responding. Hotpoint give a specific two-minute power cycle, and it is worth doing once properly.
Every Hotpoint fault code
6 published codes. Filtering happens in the page — every code is in the HTML.
Showing 6 of 6 codes
Hotpoint models
Codes can differ between generations. Check yours.
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