Maytag Direct Drive Washer Door Locked Flashing

The door should unlock after 60 seconds.

Maytag direct drive washer door locked flashing.

After 8 minutes the door will unlock. The door lock led light will blink. In this scintillating safari into front load washer wasteland samurai appliance repair man shows you how to manually unlock the door on a front load washer. Close the hatch to the drainage pump.

Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab. You may also see an f8 e1 error code. This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer. Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.

The door may immediately unlock. If the washer door still will not open in the normal way contact the service division. If not then your door latch will need to be replaced. Plug the washer back in and hopefully the latch reset.

Pull the handle and the door opens. The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes. During this period you will be able to hear the pump running. We have a maytag direct drive front loading washer we purchased in january now the door locked light is flashing and the motor is running but it doesn t indicate what wash cycle is in and the tub doesn t do anything washing machine just makes a humming sound.

If the washer has an f8 e1 error or lo fl error the door will be locked and the control will be unresponsive. If the washer was powered on before being connected to water the door may be locked and it may go into a drain mode. The machine will not start. Insert the handle back into its slot and screw it tight.

Check your home s fuses. Saturday from 8 a m. Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time. Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.