In this scintillating safari into front load washer wasteland samurai appliance repair man shows you how to manually unlock the door on a front load washer.
Maytag 3000 series washer door locked with door open.
The top panel will then pull straight back up and off.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.
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 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.
Plug the washer back in and hopefully the board reset.
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Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
This will manually unlock the door so you can open the door.
Now plug the washer back in and see if the washer starts to function properly again.
It may take up to five minutes for the washer to stop spinning and draining before the door will unlock.
Door on the maytag 3000 series front load washer will not open after placing clothes in the washer shutting the door and pressing the start button a buzzing sound starts and then an f22 code comes up.