When our washing machine done the same thing, I discovered that the filter which is found at the bottom of the machine (usually behind a small door at the front) was clogged up with debris such as money and odds and ends. There is a rubber pipe in the same compartment which could be used to empty the water before undoing the filter.
Good Luck
Steve Farrant
August 2007
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