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Replaced within 2 weeks before it was too much of a problem.
Looked at Miele, they used to be £700 / £800 with a ten year warranty. They seem to do a cheaper range now though, seen them for just under £500 but they only have a 2 year warranty. It says they're tested for the equivalent of 20 years use though.
https://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/miele-washing-machines/
If/when ours breaks I'll be going straight for another £500 basic one. Not bothered about the warranty.
I have found this useful in the past. Common washing machine problems & video how to fix guides.
https://www.ransomspares.co.uk/common-washing-machine-problems/
Remembering that it's double negative man points if I can't fix it within one day
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm reminded of someone I knew whose washing machine stopped working. Got a repairman out, and he found it clogged up with plectrums.
After hearing this, I always check the pockets on my jeans!
The drainage pipe on our machine got blocked by a 5p, 10 min job. The repair man wanted £90 just to take a look, good job I'm tight!
Turns out I needn’t have done all this as I had basically fixed it myself. The water wouldn’t drain so I removed the filters, all clean as a whistle, the pump wouldn’t run off the float switch, this was due to a blockage in the impeller, I cleared that and reseated the check valve but although the pump would run the water went nowhere. All that I achieved with the washer in situ, I removed it from is under counter position to check the drain hose (which I’d already tossed from outside and knew to be clear)
The embarrasing bit is, when I test ran the pump afterwards I never refitted the impeller cover as it was just a plastic shield, nope you need that in there for the design to work doh!
the repairman basically replaced the check valve for a new one for free, replaced the impeller cover for free but charged us for new filters and screens plus his time, so £120 design feel muc like a win win but he did confirm he was allowed to spend 8hours over multiple visits for that £95 call out fee so if still use them again in the future if I had too , although next time I might fully rebuild it to test it first.