I've bought this wash machine 5 years ago it started being noisy. So I decided to have look in drum if the bearing has gone. Everything was fine until trying to separate drum but NO CHANCE BECAUSE IT WAS WELDED NOT LIKE THE OTHER MACHINES I DONT KNOW WHAT THE ENGINEERS WERE THINKING WHEN THEY BUILDING IT. DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE

As I used to be a repair engineer, I agreed to replace the bearings on a friends machine. I purchased the bearings no problem and then took the machine apart and to my surprise found that it was a welded drum! This whole drum assembly would cost over £150.00 so with labour would make this an un-economicle job and the machine was only three years old! What a waste of time.

Bought this machine about 3 years ago and had 2 replacements before it was even installed due to damage.
The door seal started leaking, replaced under warranty, wouldnt spin serviced under warranty.
Internal water leak fix myself another fault developed, cant remember what, fix by local engineer. Fault code f05 jammed pump fixed myself. Final straw wont complete spin cycle, wife tearing her hair out replaced it with a Beko, and she's glad to see the back of it

I have always bought hotpoint washing machines but after this wt741 I am going to think again. The bearings have gone meaning it's very noisy on spin and also it smells of stale water. Rubbish

THi has to be the most unreliable washing machine in the world.............ever.

lready had motor, bearings and door mechanism replaced under warranty, now the printed circuit board contrl panel has developed a dislike or warmth or moisture, all the button have dropped off and the control panel intermittently refuses to function, it won't switch on/off or start a cycle.

pixels in the display are also on the weay out. Owned for approx 18months, very poor imho. I certainly won't be buying any hotpoint/ariston branded equipment again.

Have had this machine for 22 months and the bearings have gone! It's so expensive to repair that it works out better value to buy another machine. This time I will just go for a cheap machine and assume it won't last very long!

The Hotpoint Ultima WT741 is a rubbish machine. Broke down after 11 months due to printed circuit board faults. Has broken down again with fault code of F-03 which apparently I won't be able to fix myself. So calling them out again & having to take out a years warranty for £160 as it's more cost effective than just paying a one off call out fee of £100. Machine is now just 2 years 4 months old & has light use (once or twice a week), so very poor reliability!!
My advice is go for a German made machine, I shall when this machine fails again when the one year warranty runs out, rest assured it will fail again!!!

i have this Hotpoint Ultima WT741 machine and it has been a very good machine for the 3 years ive owned it, BUT and it is a big BUT.... we smelled electrical burning once which went away so we continued to use it, even though the display kept flashing on and off, how stupid are we, the electric coil in the machine caught fire.... lucky we were at home, heaven forbid we were out or asleep, no joy from hotpoint about it, just offered to send out an engineer at a cost of over £90!!!! i dont think so....

hotpoint ultima WT741 only 18mths old the door has jammed lots of times but have always managed to get it open eventually, today it wont open at allI have been quoted £150 by hotpoint to repair it .not on your life their 5 year parts guarantee is rubbish

The electiral wire has been replaced three times when this goes it knocks the downstairs sockets off, the bearings have gone and the drum replaced, when the machine is spinning you can't hear the noise is so bad . I have never had or heard of any washing machine having so many problems in the first year. I will never buy Hotpoint again.first machine broke down five times in first year it was replaced by Hotpoint but this machine has been no better and after five more repairs I am replacing it .

Perfect, my Hotpoint Ultima WT741 is a good companion for my drier and I'm very happy with it.