How to open a washing machine door that is stuck shut.
Here is a step by step guide of the process:
Your washing machine door won’t open this video will show you a technique on how to open a washing machine door in minutes.
There are mainly reasons that a washing machine door won’t open
1 The washing machine door handle may have broken.
2 The pin that holds the door shut may have jammed due to the door mechanism being jammed.
3 The electronic door lock called an interlock may be broken.
4 The washing machine may still be full of water and therefore not letting you open the door (See other video on how to drain your washing machine down when full and it will show you how to fix the problem)
This is just a quick video to show you 3 techniques on how to open a washing machine door, but if your washing machine is still full of water see other videos on emptying yor washing machine before you try to open the door. it will stop you having a floode kitchen. people always say my? washing machine door will not open, washing machine door won’t open, how to open washing machine door, how to open a washing machine door, open washing machine door, how to open a stuck washing machine door,
so a lump hammer isn’t the best solution then?
It’s not the best idea and won’t please the wife. lol
thx!!!!! you saved my life!!!
It worked! Brilliant
Off to try and help the little old lady next door who’s door we carn’t
open, I will be back to let you know if I am successful. D
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Genius, it worked. Able to get my washing out a day and many million
efforts later. Thank you
To use this technique, is the machine ON ?
Thank you so much for this. I looked at about 20 different sites all with
nothing I could really use. This worked for me and my Samsung J1045AV
frontloader with a broken door latch. Machine was powered off, unplugged
from the wall when I unhooked the latch with fishing line using the method
he used on the Bosch (threading it through and pulling it toward the side
the machine latches on). If you have trouble opening it with the machine ON
you may have an electro-magnetic safety switch keeping the latch from
releasing; unplugging will solve this.
Hi.
I have a Bosch logixx 8 sensitive (cant find anything else that is close to
this online) I’ve tried the string/wire options and they didn’t work so I
woudl liek to ask if by chance you can tell me how to open the door on such
a unit?
The door was left ajar and I kicked it on passing by the machine but didn’t
realize that I must have broken something on doing so (I think this is the
case). Once we shut the door it wouldn’t open again after the load was
finished. We tried running a different cycle in the hope it would trigger
the door to open once completed but no luck. I’m guessing the problem may
be more than just the latch not opening and I’ve looked at several youtube
videos about opening wahser doors but most of them refer to similar
techniques with string or wire. I’ve removed the lid from the top and tried
to fidgit around near where the latch would be but there is nothing obvious
there either. Very small space and I can barely move my hand around. The
latch mechanism doesn’t look like the one in your video so I’m just
guessing at what to do with it.
As I said I suspect it may be electrical. Possibly whatever the trigger is
to release the door latch wasnt activated at the end of the wash cycle.
Is there any other way to remove the door in this case?
(Was actually wondering if there is any kind of system reset button or code
to see if that releases the latch. I never looked closely at what keeps the
door closed before this happened and so far can’t see anything online that
helps identify this so I don’t know what the latch looks like. Most of what
I have found shows a hook latch on similar models but I don’t think ours is
the same as I’m hitting a brick wall with everything I try.
Hope you can help.
Very clear and well presented. Thanks
Hi. My Bosch 500 series washer is giving me an E:27 error. The door latch
isn’t catching. Any suggestions? With 3 teens in the home, I use this
machine daily.
thanks for ur tips my washing machine door opened.
thank you for the advice video it help a lot. Unfortunatly mine was option
3 but at least its open now
Thank you! I used the cable from my drill.
Thanks man. I used the cable from my earphones and i opened the door!!!
Thank you worked a treat……5 Stars!!
Good day
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Tks
this will work with machine ariston aqualtis aqxxf149 ????
pls say
Tks
Thankyou! The second option worked on my samsung. I used a wire from the
back of a picture frame. My husband will be so proud & grateful I didn’t
require his assistance on this one!
how to acess incide mecanism to open door washinhg machine ariston aqualtis
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great video
I tried whole night until I find this video. Thank you 🙂
Hi there. Machine was locked for more than 3 days. Could not figure out how
to open the “b*******y” thing until I saw your video. Tried with a string
first and was not strong enough then used some garden wire and hurray it
worked! thanks a lot for great advice man!
YEAHEEE, DID IT FOR SAMSUNG ECO BUBBLE. TNX
Thank you. You saved my day
Fantastic – just worked a treat using picture hanging wire. I had taken the
top off and was stuck as to what to do next when I saw this. Thank you for
sharing
Dollar store headphones worked like a charm.
Thanks for the video…
Thank you so much! I was freaking out as I needed to get my clothes out for
work tomorrow. My machine has a latch that pulls inwards, I didn’t have any
cable, cord or string so I got a skinny wire coat hanger and pushed the
flat side through the gap and that worked
Thank you so much! saved our clothes!!!!!!
Worked great with my Samsung washer.
Hi i have a hotpoint that’s handle has snapped off
Thank you very much, this was very informative.
Not Helping. OH YES I ALWAYS HAVE A #PICEOFFISHINGGUT NOT
thx worked like a dream………
Thank you so much for this fantastic tip. This allowed me to fit a
replacement door handle to my Samsung Washing Machine.
Excellent – did use string and this did work. Saved me £50 call out charge.
So easy, feel like a washing machine engineer.
Works if your machine is from the 90s
You weren’t kidding about the interlock cover…The one on my Philips
Whirlpool won’t budge. THe fact that there’s only half a handwith of
workingspace doesn’t help either. Thanks anyways, asI wouldn’t have known
what to do, if not for your video.
Brilliant!! It’s the weekend and a load of washing was stuck in the
machine! Not ideal… Thank you 🙂
Thank you! It was a tight fit on a 2010 Samsung but I was using an old
audio cable which is probably thicker but it worked.
Oh my gosh thank you! Saved my gym gear from being ruined!!
Which there was an emergency open button…. Mine just says “Hot” for hours
after. Yes I know it’s hot but I don’t care. I’ll use something to get it
out just let me open the door!
Hello. I opened my wash machine’s door by using a chord. I replaced the
handle as it was broken. But now the door cannot lock. Is it possible that
the interlock is just blocked and it’s no need to be replaced? What can
make it lock?
Great, will forward to a friend who has a Bosch with jammed door
THANK YOU A MILLION THOUSAND TIMES!
Thank you, thank you, thank you … and more
this was brilliant advice. It worked. thank you
Thank you Thank you . I really can’t thank you enough. Used your method
with lawn strimmer wire worked a treat . Handle broke on a indesit integral
iwde126 . Only 6 months old . Get this indesit wanted £199:00 to call out
because we broke it and we weren’t hard with it . Ordered a handle from
indesit for £20:
Anyway thank you so much again .
PS just subscribed . Thanks again
You are huge! thank you so much! I’ve finally opened it and tmrw i’ll try
to fix the handle 🙂 I’m having kinda fun doing this
Thank you! I did this with a Leicester of sewing string and it worked!
Quick and easy! Thank you much for your helpful video!
thank you sooooo much! you saved my day!
I used a broken guitar string and it worked great!
This video saved the day. Ad used strimmer cord andcalthough didnt work at
first it finally came open. Brilliant thankyou.
This video saved the day. Ad used strimmer cord andcalthough didnt work at
first it finally came open. Brilliant thankyou.
you just save the day! Simply fantastic! God bless you and your familiy!
cheers,
Fernando
Any idea if the pin of LG WD 65160 TP faces in or out?? HELP PLEASE!! 🙂
thank you
You just saved my life!
you are the best
Did’nt work for me
Thank you soooo much, you are awesome :-), you saved me a lot of time and
money.
People like you, for their helpfulness, get always somewhen in life,
rewarded back and helped when they need that. I wish you that all the way
and all best for you and your familly
thank you .. after see this vedio im open a washing machine door
Thank you. You saved the day!
Fake video – doesn’t really work.
I used a iphone charger to open mine but the i need a new plastic bit when
i come to opening the door without doing this over and over
I have a Bosch Machine. How do I take off the side panel so I can access
the door latch?
thanks alot! U really helped me! God bless u!!
I ways very Happy to see every thing about washing machine good work every
ONE (Ali)
woooooo!!! saved me bags of time and money. Cheers!
Dear how2 repair.com. I would happily buy you many more than one beer if
you can tell me how to get into a new Hotpoint hult 742 which has clothes
in it, no water but won’t open. We have tried your suggestions re wire,
taking top off but what you describe inside is not the same. The casing of
the switch is preventing it moving far enough to disengage. Do not expect
you to know everything!
Thank you so much for this! Thought I was going to lose one of my favourite
jackets!!
Method 1 works with a friac wa 1453d. Thanks very much for sharing this simple solution.
No problem glad we could help