Maytag Door Locked Light Flashing

After 8 minutes the door will unlock.

Maytag door locked light flashing.

The door lock led light will blink. This is a guide about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer. Water remaining in washer after cycle. 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. This is all it will do. The door lock light is blinking on my front load maytag maxima. This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.

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. 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. Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally. 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 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. Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time. 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. While this option is on the fan blows and the load is tumbled periodically for up to 12 hours.

Fresh hold option is on. The washer door will unlock at the end of the drain. Select drain spin to remove any water remaining in the washer. It s possible the drain hose extends more than 4 5 114 mm into the standpipe.

The door remains locked during this time. The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.