Ge Front Load Washer Starts Shut Down With Door Locked

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Ge front load washer starts shut down with door locked.

My top load. Raise the lid at least 2 inches and make sure it closes each time. Pull down on it and the door will open. My ge front load washing machine has stopped water is leaking from the door and the door locked light is on.

It should be an oblong hole that is aligned so that a rod on the inside of the door will fit into it. Plug the washing machine back in and then within 30 seconds quickly open and close the lid six times. If the washer door is not latched shut the door switch prevents the washer. Reach up inside of the unit near where the door lock is and you will feel a small tab at the bottom of the lock assembly.

Up and down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. With the lower access panel removed and the washer unplugged reach up to the door lock and feel for a round release ring and pull it down. To manually unlock the door on this washer you first unplug the washer from the wall outlet and then remove the lower access panel. Find the lid switch.

You can unlock the unit by removing the three screws at the bottom front of the unit. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. If the door physically opens the washer will pause. Our front loader door won t open and won t go into service mode.

To reset washing machines that use the ge hydrowave system start by unplugging the washer for one minute. The door lock secures the washer door shut during operation. The lid switch is the part on top loading washing machines that sends the machine a signal indicating that the door is closed and that it is safe for the machine to run. You ll need to do this within a 12 second period.

Replacing the door lock fixed it. The door should unlock. Best priced door lock for this ge. I show the symptoms.

Turned machine off and unplugged it but the door will not unlock. Plugged the maching back. The door latch can cause a ge frontload washer to pause during a cycle. However if the door stays locked but the switch is bad then the control will think the door is open and the washer will pause.

Find a store. Pull the lower panel out at the bottom and remove it. If the door will not latch then the washer will not start. Save up to 2000 on select ge profile appliance packages.