Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
Maytag front load washer door locked light blinking.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
This can occur from normal shipping movement.
After plugging the washer in one of the following 3 events will happen.
This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.
When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.
Plug the washer back in and hopefully the board reset.
In some circumstances your new washer may arrive with the door locked.
If the washer does not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the appliance or disconnect power.
The door lock led light will blink.
This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.
Check the plumbing for the correct drain hose installation.
The door may immediately unlock.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
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.
Use drain hose form and attach securely to drainpipe or tub.
First it had a code blinking that i looked up and it was for the water so i turned it on and now it is making a humming noise and the door is locked and that is all it will do.
It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe.
The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
If f8 e1 or lf too long to fill appears in the display the washer is taking too long to fill or the washer is filling and draining.
This is all it will do.
Our maytag maxima steam washer has a flashing yellow light next to door locked the door won t open and the machined cannot be turned on.
The door lock light is blinking on my front load maytag maxima.
Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.
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