Maytag Front Load Washer Door Lock Light Flashing

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.

Maytag front load washer door lock 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. After plugging the washer in one of the following 3 events will happen. While this option is on the fan blows and the load is tumbled periodically for up to 12 hours. Pausing the wash cycle is how it can be disabled.

The door lock light is blinking on my front load maytag maxima. The door may immediately unlock. This is all it will do. This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.

Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time. This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer. Use drain hose form and attach securely to drainpipe or tub. The washer door will unlock at the end of the drain.

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. Fresh hold option is on. The door lock led light will blink. 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.

The door remains locked during this time. The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes. It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe. Check the plumbing for the correct drain hose installation.

Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.