What NO ERROR CODES Means
WHICH MACHINE THIS APPLIES TO: the Asko WCAM1812, the combination washer and dryer that washes and dries in one drum. It is a rotary machine - a programmer knob, a row of cycle indicator lights and an on-off indicator - and that description is the key to everything on these pages, because a machine built that way has nowhere to print a fault code.
THE SHORT VERSION OF WHAT THE RESEARCH FOUND: the WCAM1812 has no error codes at all. That is a documented finding from two independent Asko documents, not a gap. The use and care guide's troubleshooting chapter is entirely symptom-based, and the service manual for this platform diagnoses through a manual autotest instead of through a fault table.
HOW THE MACHINE TELLS YOU ANYTHING: through the cycle indicator lights. The guide states that as the programme progresses the light for the cycle in progress will glow, and the stop indicator glows when the programme has ended or been stopped. That is the whole of the machine's reporting vocabulary, and reading it properly is what takes the place of a code.
THE ANSWER, PLAINLY: there is no Asko WCAM1812 error code list, because the machine does not produce error codes. It has no display. It has a programmer knob, cycle indicator lights and an on-off indicator, and none of those is capable of showing a code. If you are searching for the meaning of a WCAM1812 code, the reason you cannot find one is that there is none to find.
HOW THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TWICE OVER: the machine's own use and care guide has a troubleshooting chapter that works entirely by symptom - things like the indicator light being on while the unit does not work, or the machine filling and draining continuously - with no code table, no fault-lamp patterns and no display. Separately, the service manual that covers this platform, including the WCAM1812 and the WAM1712W and several rebadged siblings, contains no fault table at all. What it contains instead is a manual autotest, and a troubleshooting guide that works from how the machine behaves during that test.
WHAT THE AUTOTEST IS, DESCRIBED SO YOU KNOW WHY IT IS NOT FOR YOU: the technician turns the programme knob anticlockwise from its start position through six steps, and each step energises a different part of the machine deliberately. Step one deactivates all outputs. Step two runs a cold fill up to the pressure switch. Step three brings in the heater, the motor and one actuator. Step four runs the drain pump, the spin and the other actuator. Step five runs a hot fill with the motor and both actuators. Step six runs the drying valve, the fan and the heater. The guide's own starting instruction is to try to start the manual autotest, and if the control unit does not enter autotest mode, to check the connections on the control unit itself. It also records that if the autotest runs but the wash programme light does not switch off, the fault lies with the door catch, the pressure switch or the thermistor.
WHY THAT IS TECHNICIAN WORK AND NOT A HOME PROCEDURE: every step of it deliberately energises something - the heater, the motor, the pumps, the fill valves - on an open machine, in a sequence chosen by somebody who is measuring what happens. It is a diagnostic instrument, not a reset, and running it without knowing what the readings mean tells you nothing while putting water and mains voltage exactly where you have your hands.
WHAT YOU MAY READ ELSEWHERE, AND WHY IT IS WRONG: at least one site publishes an error code E10 for Asko washer-dryer combinations, described as a door unlock fault with an emergency release near the pump filter. Three things are wrong with it. The page's own cited source is an operating instruction for a standalone Asko washing machine rather than for a combination machine. E10 on the Asko washer platform where it genuinely exists is a water level sensor error, and the door-related code there is a different number entirely. And this platform has no codes at all, as both of its own documents confirm. There is no WCAM1812 E10.
CLASSIFICATION: a documented absence of codes. What replaces them is the symptom pages in this group and, for a technician, the autotest.
Common Causes of NO ERROR CODES
- The machine has no code system, so there is no code behind whatever it is doing
- Door not closed securely, or the on-off button not pressed in
- Programmer knob not set on a programme
- Plug not inserted properly, or the main power supply off
- A genuine fault, which on this platform is identified by symptom and by the technician's autotest rather than by a number
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Read the machine instead of looking for a code, and do it in the order the manufacturer's own troubleshooting uses. If the indicator light is on but the machine does not work, the guide lists five things and all of them are things you can check: whether the door is closed securely, whether the on-off button is pressed in, whether the programmer knob is actually set on a programme, whether the plug is inserted properly and whether the main power supply is on. That list solves more WCAM1812 problems than any code table would. Beyond it, work by symptom - the machine filling and draining continuously, or failing to drain and spin, each have their own page here with the manufacturer's own checks on them. Write down what the cycle indicator lights are doing, because which light is glowing and where the programme stopped is the nearest thing this machine has to a fault message and it is exactly what a technician will ask. Then stop. Do not attempt the service autotest: it energises the heater, the motor, the pumps and the fill valves in turn on an open machine, and it is a measuring procedure rather than a repair.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- The service autotest energises the heater, the motor, the pumps and the fill valves step by step on an open machine, which is a measuring procedure for a technician and not a home reset.
- The control unit connections that the service guide sends a technician to are at mains voltage whenever the machine is connected, so the machine is isolated at the outlet or the breaker before any panel comes off.
- A combination machine holds water and heats it in the same drum it dries in, so guesswork inside it puts hands near both water and mains wiring.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.