Exactly same problem occurred with mine yesterday.
Lets in water. Goes into infinite pause. If I move to another phase of program it will not restart from flashing pause light. Only way to restart is to reboot and start from another phase like "empty"....so at least I was able to retrieve a drum full of wet washing! Fortunately on a service contract so will keep you all posted ....4 day response time though.
Dave A
March 2009