Maytag 9000 Series Washer Door Locked

It may take up to five minutes for the washer to stop spinning and draining before the door will unlock.

Maytag 9000 series washer door locked. You will hear the door click when it unlocks. The light on the setting dial keeps blinking locked contractor s assistant. While this option is on the fan blows and the load is tumbled periodically for up to 12 hours. My maytag 9000 series washer door is locked and will not operate 10 years old about do not see a model number answered by a verified appliance technician.

Reconnect power to washer plug in. Unplug washer or disconnect power. It won t unlock and i can t turn power off either. You should then be able to open the washer door.

Water remaining in washer after cycle. Carefully reach up along the inside of that front panel and pull down on the manual release tab that is on the bottom of the door latch assembly. Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally. I will try and unlock it via the lower panel access.

My maytag series 2000 front loader washer made a loud bang the other night and the machine was unplugged but the door remained locked. Reach up along the inside of the front and locate the bottom of the door switch lock unit. Located on the bottom of the door switch lock unit is a teardrop shaped tab. If not call for service.

We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. Gently pull the tab down about a 1 4 or until a click is. It states to unlock press pause. Manually unlocking the door lock system 1.

Don t know what i did to my maytag 9000 series washer but no matter how i try to unlock the door it won t unlock. If the washer will not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the washer or disconnect power. The washer door will unlock at the end of the drain. This is a guide about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.

Remove the lower kick panel. Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset. The door should unlock after this is complete. Select drain spin to remove any water remaining in the washer.

The door remains locked during this time. 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. Run a drain and spin cycle. Can you guesstimate how old your maytag is.

Pausing the wash cycle is how it can be disabled. A lock icon appears on the front of the washer s control panel to indicate the lid is locked and also displays the current progress of the cleaning cycle depending on the model of your maytag washer.