Nowhere have I found the answer... until now !!! Dont spend £90 on an engineer.... do the following and spread the word. My Aquarius DWF40 had a fault code ( not in the manual) of bothy the No 1 ( prewash) and No 2 ( wash) lights flashing.
You need the control panel to reset before anything else can happen. To do this TURN OFF THE PLUG SOCKET FIRST AND UNPLUG. Then you need to drain ALL the water from the machine. Turn off the water supply feed and place the wastage pipe as low to the floor as poss ( 1-2" off floor). Water will gush out so use a large shallow tray and keep emptying the tray. Tilt the dishwasher over slightly to make sure all the water is out.
This will allow the control panel to reset itself which wouldn't normally happen if the base of the dishwasher was holding even a small amount of water.
Re connect the water, plug back in , select the RESET setting on the dial and close the door and switch on.
Leave for about 20 seconds and then turn off.
Rotate the selector switch to "A" Intensive wash and switch on.
It worked for me !!!
PS regularly run a cleaning program with no pots in and a Dishwasher cleaning product. Cheers John.
John
March 2007
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