RE HOTPOINT WMA76S I have had this washing machine for just over 5 years and all ive had with it is constant aggro!!! i hate it!! all the problems starting within days of the warranty running so i took out the exended insurance thankfully i did!
When i called the first engineer out he reapaired but it needed a full overhaul new top and bottom weights new drum etc etc
The engineer then told me that these machines actually had a fault with them when they were being manufactured but hotpoint failed to reall over 250 machines so hey were all sold to the likes of me.
I refuse to buy a new one as i have complained time and again of what that engineer had told me but they denied the whole thing and im lead to believe that the poor man lost his job.
It has no broken down again and another engineer is due on tuesday. Lets just hope that now my insurance finally issue me with a new machine. could it be 21st time lucky because thats how many times they have been out to me over the past few years.

The drum paddles on the inside of the Hotpoint WMA76 break off and shred your clothes to bits! - I inherited this machine in the fitted kitchen of the house we bought a year and a half ago and after replacing no less than 5 paddles to date, and having had countless clothes ruined I've given up and have bought a different brand machine.

We got this Hotpoint WMA76. The water build up in the drum when it has finished its cycle and the door is open. Not sure if to go through fixing it or to buy a new one with a different manufacturer.

Good machine with variety of wash programmes but the paddle problem ensures that I will avoid hotpoint like the plague in future! I have just replaced a paddle. This was the fourth replacement I have used and one of the others is looking dodgy again. At £10 a go from our local spares place (Ebay is about £7+ with p&p) it is getting to be an expensive machine to run. If it happens mid-wash I have it where clothes get ripped up on the exposed sharp bits of metal.

I really have to watch the drum paddles on my Hotpoint WMA76. They constantly break off, as they're made out of plastic and he clips break off. When they've broken my clothes have got shredded.