Unlock the washing machine with your own hands.
Do you want to get the laundry out of the washing machine, and the door doesn’t open? This means that the lock is locked. How to open the locked door of the machine yourself? You will learn the answer to this question from this article.
First, we need to understand why the lock is active. This usually occurs in three cases.
Non-malfunctioning blocking reasons
- The first case is not even a breakdown, but the usual precaution that is used when washing. If your washing machine is washing clothes right now, then naturally for security reasons, the sunroof is automatically locked in the closed position. And if for some reason you urgently need to unlock the hatch, you will first have to interrupt the operation of your household appliances. It may also be necessary to turn off the machine.
- Another option, the same is not a malfunction, but rather some drawback of some models - this hatch lock due to unexpected power outage. In our country, this sometimes happens. Nothing particularly terrible happened to the machine. And so that she reopened her door, you need to run a program of squeezing clothes, as well as draining water. This should help.
- The third case, again, does not need to be repaired, since this is again not a breakdown. A natural feature of this type of household appliances. More specifically, the fact that the washing machine does not allow to get washed clothes for some time after washing. For most of these models, this time is limited to three minutes. Although, they say, there are also such washing machines that are blocked for 5 minutes after washing. Therefore, in this situation, you do not need to sound the alarm, but just wait calmly. And as soon as the time for automatic locking has expired, you must again try to open the hatch.
All the natural and non-malfunctioning reasons that the washing machine does not allow to open the door, we have sorted. Now consider a few options when the machine does not open due to a breakdown.
The washing machine is locked due to breakage.
Look inside the drum (if you have a standard front-loading machine). If you notice that there is water left inside the tank, then the problem is that it does not drain. In order to find out how to correct the situation, you can read the article: “The washing machine does not drain the water».
Damage to the hatch handle is also possible. In order to replace a faulty handle, you can watch a video with instructions for changing this part of the machine. True, there the door of the machine is already open.
To open it, you need to remove the cover (upper part of the casing) of the washing machine. To do this, unscrew the two screws on the back of the machine. Then push it back and lift it. Now make sure that the machine is unplugged. Then you need to stick your hand in the part of the machine where the lock is located, feel for the locking device and open the locking element.
Now, back to the video on how to replace the pen. We look:
If the problem is not in the hatch handle, but in the lock itself, then it is easier not to mess with fixing it, but simply replace the defective part with a new one. You can purchase the necessary spare part in the online store or in the service for repairing household appliances. In order not to prescribe the entire procedure for replacing the lock, we decided to add a video.
There you can see all the stages of the independent change of this part, starting, again, with the removal of the cover of the washing machine. Everything is done quite simply. And most of you will be able to do this procedure without any help. Instructions in video format:
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The machine smelled ... burnt wires ... the inside of the underwear was left ... what should I do?
Elvira, please tell me how you opened the door. Do I have the same problem now?
She put the laundry in the car, slammed the door, set the washing program, turned it on, not a single indicator is on and the door does not open. What should I do? Sincerely, Ludmila
So they repair there. In Russia, everything is simpler. Cut a plastic tab that blocks the opening of the door and alga. If you do not poke your hands during rotation, then the opportunity to open the door when you want is not so scary. One subtlety. It is necessary to fix the “tail” from the tongue in the depressed position, otherwise it will not turn on. The machine will assume that the door is open. I fixed by putting a nail in and covered with silicone sealant.
I write end and the door does not open
You have to wait 5 minutes, it will open itself
It was like this: The machine unlocked LG and the door does not open, the handle is not broken. The lock stop did not work back. As I found out later, the thermoplate deteriorated. Opening the top cover of the machine and tilting got to the door lock. I pressed the stopper with a screwdriver. He is in the box of the castle. Small hole. I snapped off the blackening - it turns out manually and calmly opened the door.
I blocked the power filter cover with a bone from a bra and now the cover does not close (I tried to remove the bone and it apparently turned there) and does not open. The machine is built into the kitchen, so I can not pull it out and take it apart. Can I still make it out somehow?
I put on my jacket. Two minutes passed as the machine washes. And I remembered that I forgot to pull coins from my pockets. I remembered this and turned off the washing machine, but then I tried to open it and it does not open. What to do?!
A universal way to solve your problem is to unplug the equipment from the outlet, wait for the door to unlock (it may take 5 minutes) and rejoice 🙂
I am very grateful to Vasya for advice, she opened a locked washing machine.
The daughter threw a lot of laundry into the washer, set the washing program, and the machine blinks with all the buttons, does not wash and does not open, what should I do?
Good day. The program "steam treatment" was set. The cycle lasts 20 machine minutes. As a result, the scoreboard was 1 minute. And it lasted about 20 minutes more. As a result, when pausing, turning off the machine and reconnecting it to the network, the “lock” sign lights up.
I threw a sweater into the machine, the washing was over. And the door does not open, what should I do?
Indesit machine wisa101. Washed, flashing lock. I'm trying to open, the lock is on continuously. There is no click, even when I turn off the car. I tried everything. And turned off the network, and waited half a day. I started the program replay, everything was according to plan, but at the end the door does not open. Save the second day underwear in the car. What to do?