The door should unlock after 60 seconds.
Maytag maxima washer door locked flashing.
The door may immediately unlock.
This is all it will do.
If not then your main control board will need to be replaced.
After 8 minutes the door will unlock.
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.
Pausing the wash cycle is how it can be disabled.
When using one of these cycles the door will remain locked until the cancel button is pushed.
This happened when i forgot to turn the water on.
Plug the washer back in and hopefully the board reset.
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.
I noticed that my maytag maxim front load washer was flashing door lock and error code f6e1 i think along with annoying chimes or buzzing.
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.
The top panel will then pull straight back up and off.
Nothing else will appear to be happening with the machine during this time.
If door cannot be locked the washer goes into pause mode and a code is generated.
Pull on this tab to manually unlock the door.
If the washer will not unlock at the end of a wash cycle unplug the washer or disconnect power.
Now you can reach down to the bottom of the door latch where there is a 1 round plastic tab.
Reconnect power to washer plug in.
The washer will go into a hold and drain routine for 8 minutes.
The door lock light is blinking on my front load maytag maxima.
Check door lock mechanism for damage misalignment or foreign objects.
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.
During this period you will be able to hear the pump running.
It stopped right after it dispensed the detergent and i ve tried all of the not so helpful repair advise on the maytag website and i still can t get it unlocked.
Door not completely closed due to interference.
