what is wrong with my hotpoint first edition wma9p?

the machine does the first part of the wash and empties then nothing happens for a few minutes.Then the active and end lights flash together.i put it on fast spin to see if there was something wrong with the spin and that was ok.i then put it on rinse with fast spin and again as soon as it had emptied the water it stopped and the same two lights flashed together again.

mandy
December 2010