Whether your clothes are in the washer or still in the clothes basket a whirlpool duet washer with a door that won t unlock is likely to be a huge problem.
Whirlpool duet washer door locked button flashing.
Whirlpool offers troubleshooting tips online along with other product information like user guides.
If the door did not lock small hands or preoccupied minds might open.
Check the lid switch and striker.
Just under the unit s housing at this spot there is a solenoid which is a type of powerful electromagnet.
Make sure it s not out of alignment.
But all is not lost.
Step 2 hold down the control lock button on your whirlpool washer for three seconds at the end of the washing cycle.
If the water in the washer is warmer than 122 degrees fahrenheit or the water level is set higher than wool delicate or hand wash the washer must drain before the door latch will unlock.
Whirlpool top loader with locked door.
None of the other control buttons work or ligh read more.
When your high efficiency front loading washing machine duet washer or dryer stops working many issues are simple to diagnose and can be repaired with just a few tools and some easy instructions.
Whirlpool duet clothes wash machine is 7 months old.
Recently and occasionally it will.
Set a magnet on the site where the lid lock switch meets the washer cabinet.
Placing a separate magnet there will create a stable electromagnetic connection with the solenoid and trick the machine into thinking that the lid is.
Hi tyler we have a front load whirlpool duet washer that is locked.
I have a front loader washing machine the light is flashing door locked and door will not open.
Your whirlpool duet washing machine automatically locks the door as a precaution against opening the door during a wash cycle.
The only button at present that works is the door locked button is that is flashing.
My whirlpool washer locked light keeps flashing and nothing else will work door is locked it s been ten minutes and the wash cycle hasn t started yet.
The striker is the part that helps press down the lid switch.
Then you can decide whether to call a technician and pay for.