Maytag Door Locked Light Flashing

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.

Maytag door locked light flashing.

The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes the door will unlock. This is a guide about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer. 1 unplug the washer for 10 minutes and this may reset the washer and clear the flashing light.

Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time. When the lock light is blinking it typically means that the unit either took to long to fill with water in which case it ll go into flood mode and keep draining for 15 20 minutes and unlock on it s own or there is a glitch in the electronics and just unplugging it for 60 seconds will reset the issue. This happened when i forgot to turn the water on. The door lock led light will blink.

The washer door will unlock at the end of the drain. Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally. The door may immediately unlock. 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.

Fresh hold option is on. It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe. During this period you will be able to hear the pump running. 2 press and hold the end of cycle cycle signal button s for 20 seconds and this should reset the washer and clear the flashing light.

While this option is on the fan blows and the load is tumbled periodically for up to 12 hours. This is all it will do. Did you receive an lf or f8e1 error code or is the spin or wash light blinking. 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.

The door should unlock after 60 seconds. The door remains locked during this time.