This is a guide about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.
Maytag maxima washer door locked light flashing.
Run a drain and spin cycle.
Is the door locked and the add a garment light on.
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.
Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.
I have a maytag maxima.
It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe.
Maytag front load washer door will not open.
The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
Leave the washer plugged in for 20 minutes and it should unlock.
My maytag front load washer has a blinking door locked and the door will not open up.
After 8 minutes the door will unlock.
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When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
The door locked light is flashing the washer is humming but nothing else is happening.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time.
Did you just install.
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.
Was the washer turned on before being connected to water.
Is the door locked and the add a garment light off.
I am staying in a rental with a front loading maytag washer.
If the washer will not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the washer or disconnect power.
Reconnect power to washer plug in.
Is water hooked up to the washer and turned on.
During this period you will be able to hear the pump running.
When the lock light is blinking it typically means that the unit either took to long to fill with water in which.
Pausing the wash cycle is how it can be disabled.
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Does the drain pump run constantly.
The door locked light is flashing and will not let me do anything turn it on off start unlock anything.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.