The door may immediately unlock.
Maytag maxima washer door locked flashing.
Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
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.
Reconnect power to washer plug in.
The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
It stopped right after it dispensed the detergent and i ve tried all of the not so helpful repair advise on the maytag website and i still can t get it unlocked.
This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.
Pausing the wash cycle is how it can be disabled.
This is all it will do.
After 8 minutes the door will unlock.
Door not completely closed due to interference.
Run a drain and spin cycle.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
If the washer will not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the washer or disconnect power.
The lid lock is a default feature of your maytag front loading and top loading washer to prevent opening the appliance while the cleaning cycle is in progress.
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.
Plug the washer back in and hopefully the board reset.
When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
At the start of a cycle the washer attempts to lock the door 6 times.
Check door lock mechanism for damage misalignment or foreign objects.
The door lock led light will blink.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.
I noticed that my maytag maxim front load washer was flashing door lock and error code f6e1 i think along with annoying chimes or buzzing.
If door cannot be locked the washer goes into pause mode and a code is generated.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time.
The top panel will then pull straight back up and off.
