When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
Maytag front load washer door locked light blinking.
This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.
This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.
Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
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.
The door may immediately unlock.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.
The door lock led light will blink.
Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.
This can occur from normal shipping movement.
The top panel will then pull straight back up and off.
Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time.
The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
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.
If the washer does not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the appliance or disconnect power.
After plugging the washer in one of the following 3 events will happen.
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.
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.
In some circumstances your new washer may arrive with the door locked.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
Check the plumbing for the correct drain hose installation.
It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe.
Use drain hose form and attach securely to drainpipe or tub.