I've not read the beginning of this thread yet, but my mate has an appliance shop and I do do bits for him and keep an eye on the appliance world. Basically Indesit = garbage, I would not recommend them to anyone and would strongly advise against them in fact. We don;t actually manage to get them working out of the wrapper all the time. Hotpoint are no better as the internals are the same, they come from the same factory. Cut your losses and bin it.
If you want a decent one get something German, Bosch\AEG would be good. Bosch is the preferred option every time, not had anything back in for years and sell loads. Other makes, well, varies but can;t beat nothing. I have all Bosch, as does the mate with thwe appliance shop, as does the mate with an appliance repairs business. Says something I think.