Tyler z home appliance technician replied 2 years ago.
Maytag front load washer door locked light flashing.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
To unlock the controls press and hold the cycle end signal for 3 deliberate seconds or until the control lock light goes out.
You could have a failed control console or a bad electronic control board in the washer.
If the washer does not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the appliance or disconnect power.
Run a drain and spin cycle.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.
The door may immediately unlock.
Plug the unit back in and see if the controls will respond.
Our maytag maxima steam washer has a flashing yellow light 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.
If not i recommend calling a service technician to diagnose and repair the washer.
Reconnect power to washer plug in.
So the first thing you ll want to do is just unplug the washer for 60 seconds and see if the latch will reset.
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.
If the control locked light will not turn off i recommend unplugging the washer for 5 minutes.
When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
After plugging the washer in one of the following 3 events will happen.
Front loaders have a locking mechanism to avoid opening the door during a washing cycle but occasionally this lock will be activated accidentally.
If that doesn t work leave the washer plugged in for 20 minutes and it should unlock.
If it does not detect both water supply hoses are turned on the control detects a problem with the water pressure sensor.
Wait approximately 2 minutes for control to reset.
When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
This washer has sensors that detect the water supply and requires both hoses to have water going to the water valve.
Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time.
The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.
The door lock led light will blink.
The lid will lock and the machine will enter a pump out mode for 8 minutes.
This is a page about unlocking the door on a maytag front load washer.
This is all it will do.
