How to unlock your LG washing machine?

Door lock is a must-have feature in every washing machine, including LG. It is important to realize that after completing the wash, the device first performs diagnostics, and only within 1-5 minutes after the completion of the process, the door itself should unlock. Sometimes, after the end of the wash, the door still does not open. Many questions immediately arise: what to do, how to open it, when is it worth calling a specialist to solve this problem?

It's worth starting with why, in general, the door is locked in the washing machine. The appliance locks the door so that it does not accidentally open before the end of the wash, water does not spill or a flood occurs. Sometimes curious children want to open the door during the process. This can result in both a flood and injuries for them due to the spinning drum. But if after the end of the wash nothing clicked, there are several reasons for this.

1. Blocking during washing, or natural, occurs in all washing machines during the process. After the end of the wash, the lock will click and the door will open.
2. Child Lock - child lock. Perhaps it was accidentally turned on. It is worth checking, and if so, turn it off and the door will open. If nothing happens again, you need to disconnect the device from the electricity for 30 minutes, the lock will have to open.
3. Malfunction of the handle or hatch.
4. Breakage of the board.
5. Failure in the device program.
6. The mechanism that locks the hatch is worn out.
7. The machine is too densely loaded - a common cause of door blocking. Down jackets, blankets and other heavy things could be put there.
8. Power outage.
9. Clogged or damaged water drain. The device itself controls the flow of water into the tank.
10. The presence of residual water in the tank (a common reason for blocking LG machines). This problem occurs when the pump fails.
11. The sensitivity of the machine to surges in electricity during the process.
12. Incompleteness of the program. During the execution of the program, it is sometimes not provided that the water will be pumped out. This could cause the door to be blocked.

After finding out the reason for the lock in the car door, you can start solving the problem.

• If the door does not open due to a power failure, just restart one of the rinse or spin programs.
• If the wash was forcibly completed earlier than expected, for example, by pressing the "stop" button, the door will not be unlocked immediately. Do not panic - you just need to wait until it unlocks itself. The main thing is not to try to break it down on your own, it is better to call the master. If this is not possible, it is really possible to do it yourself, but you need to be very careful. First, you need to put the device in pause mode. Then you need to disconnect it from the network for a few minutes and wait for a click, which notifies that the hatch is unlocked. In advance, you should make sure that there are pots, buckets and rags nearby - a lot of water can pour out.
• If the reason for blocking the lock is a clogged hose, you need to remove the debris from it (the hose is located at the back of the device). After cleaning it, you need to restart the "spin".
• If the door is locked due to a problem with the electrical module, you must restart the wash and the door should unlock. A click will notify you of this.
• You can also open the door manually - this method is a last resort, if it was not possible to unlock it using the programs, and there is no way to call the wizard. To open the door manually, you must first make sure that the machine is disconnected from the electricity, and then drain the water through the hose. Next, you need a red or orange emergency cable (not every LG model has it). You can find it in the lower part behind the panel of the device, above the drain hatch. It is necessary to carefully lift the unit (it is better to take an assistant, it is difficult to do it alone) and slowly pull on this cable - and the door will unlock. This method is quite difficult, and without the stronger sex, it will hardly be possible to implement it.
• If there is no cable, you can try to act differently. It is worth removing the upper panel of the device: pull the cover, having previously unscrewed all the existing nuts on which it was attached. Then you need to tilt the device so that the drum does not adjoin the wall, a gap should appear there. The tank will move partially towards the hatch. After that, you need to move the fasteners by sticking your hand into it.
• And also a simple cord can help in opening the door. In order to do this, you need to find a synthetic cord (thin). Its length should be slightly larger than the diameter of the hatch itself. Then it is worth becoming parallel to the castle. After that, place the cord in diameter into the hole between the machine and its door. Then you need to pull on the ends of the lace - it should act on the latch and open it. If a click is heard, the door is unlocked. However, this method will only work if the latch tab opens towards the machine body.

All LG machines have a child lock function. It can be specially activated so that children do not accidentally open the device during washing. Before enabling this feature, you need to figure out how it should work. After pressing certain keys on the panel, the entire panel will be locked and the child will not be able to press anything.

If he tries to do this, then not a single button will work - everything will be blocked. After activating this function, you need to remember about it so as not to panic because the device does not work and the door does not open.

If the reason for blocking the door was the activation of this function, you can correct the problem by pressing a combination of buttons. Which ones - this can be found in the instruction manual for the machine, since the combination may depend on the model of the device. More commonly these buttons are Super Rinse and Pre Rinse. They can be located horizontally or vertically, between the Start and Pause buttons. After pressing them simultaneously, you need to set the initial settings by pressing the "Start" button.

The wizard must be urgently called if all the above methods are ineffective. However, these methods help in 95% of cases. The fact that there were no changes after the manipulations can only mean a breakdown of the lock, handle, or the failure of the control module. The specialist will diagnose the problem, identify the cause of the breakdown and eliminate it.

In order to avoid problems with locking the device door, in general, preventive measures should be taken:

1. the hatch should be opened and closed with care and accuracy, without using extraneous efforts;
2. the drum load cannot be exceeded - you should always look in the instructions how many kilograms of laundry can be placed in a particular machine;
3. as soon as the first signs of a device malfunction appear, you should immediately take measures to eliminate errors so as not to start the situation.

This article has covered many reasons for locking the door of your LG washing machine and how to fix the problem. Anyway it is important to carry out preventive measures and timely fix problems with the device... It is also important to read the instructions for use before putting the wash, and if a problem occurs, carefully and consistently perform all the necessary steps to eliminate it.

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