The door will not immediately unlock while the cycle is running due to a possible high water level in the washer high water temperature tumbling or spinning.
Maytag 3000 series washer door locked with door open.
Once you remove this panel you can reach up behind the upper front panel and pull down on the small plastic pull tab attached to the bottom of the door lock assembly.
Door on the maytag 3000 series front load washer will not open after placing clothes in the washer shutting the door and pressing the start button a buzzing sound starts and then an f22 code comes up.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
The top panel will then pull straight back up and off.
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This will manually unlock the door so you can open the door.
Now plug the washer back in and see if the washer starts to function properly again.
Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
You will hear the door click when it unlocks.
Plug the washer back in and hopefully the board reset.
It may take up to five minutes for the washer to stop spinning and draining before the door will unlock.
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