Fisher & Paykel Washer 160 Error Code

What Basket Engaged means

The service manual’s name for 160 on a Fisher & Paykel top-loader is “Basket Engaged”: mid-wash, while the machine was agitating, the basket locked itself back on.

Mechanical causes

Mechanical problems are the main source in the manual, and four are listed:

1. an air bell leaking beneath the basket
2. a basket with too much laundry in it
3. a jammed clutch
4. a foreign object fouling the clutch

Second source on Phase 1 to 4

For these machines there is a further route. A machine found without water when the fault came up may have had its water pumped out during the wash by a pump circuit fault. That lets the basket reconnect, after which the Motor Controller displays 160.

Checks within an owner’s reach

Start by unplugging the washer. Load size is also on the manual’s list, so a lighter load shows whether 160 returns.

Workshop checks

Everything else is a technician’s work. A foreign object may be caught beneath the agitator skirt and lock the turning basket to the agitator; the clutch teeth may be packed with dirt and lint; and, when both are clear, the air bell is tested for leaks. Stripping the agitator and clutch down is far from an everyday owner task.

End of the road

If nothing mechanical turns up and the machine held no water at the time, a new Motor Controller module is the manual’s action, and only on Phases 1 to 4.

Codes to set beside it

• 40: the bowl (basket) failing to disengage during the basket check, which is the reverse problem.
• 47: another basket disengage fault, on Phase 2 and 3.
• 56: the basket check unable to determine the tub status.

Washer repair in Los Angeles

When 160 returns even on a normal load, phone (310) 872-1939 about Fisher & Paykel washer repair in Los Angeles. Keep the model number, the code and the load size (small or full) at hand.

Source: Fisher & Paykel supplementary service manual 517766, section 19 Detailed Fault Codes