Ge Washer Door Locked

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Ge washer door locked. The door should unlock. To manually unlock the door on this washer you first unplug the washer from the wall outlet and then remove the lower access panel. Our front loader door won t open and won t go into service mode. Plugged the maching back read more.

Replacing the door lock fixed it. Make sure the washer is paused press start pause. My ge front load washing machine has stopped water is leaking from the door and the door locked light is on. When i go to start the washer the door lock light comes on but it does not lock the door.

Turned machine off and unplugged it but the door will not unlock. Water heater thermistor on these ge front load washer models the main board is programmed to keep the door locked if the water temperature is above 130 degrees. Remove that panel and then carefully reach up along the inside of the panel and pull down on the release. I show the symptoms.

The door to my front loading ge washer is locked and i cannot open it. Depending upon the speed at which the washer was spinning when it is paused and depending on the size of the load being washed it could take as much as 3 minutes to coast to a stop and then unlock. If the lid will not unlock. The control lock icon on the display will light up when it is on.

Best priced door lock for this ge. I have read the manual and done the troubleshooting which called for cleaning the pump filter. 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. If the thermistor is bad it could be telling the main board that the water temperature is above 130 degrees when it really is not.

The first image below shows how to remove the bottom front service panel. See the image below for how to do this. To lock or unlock the washer controls. Ge front loader door will not lock to start the cycle.

Press and hold the lock button for 3 seconds.