2 the pin that holds the door shut may have jammed due to the door mechanism being jammed.
Washing machine door handle broke off.
1 the washing machine door handle may have broken.
Door handle has broke off my washing machine and i cant get the door open.
Off history help.
If the door handle on your washing machine has broken and needs replacing our diy help video will help you carry out the repair yourself.
Feed some wire fishing line behind the door so that you can loop it around the latch.
3 the electronic door lock called an interlock may be broken.
The tricky way and the destructive way.
Specifically the samsung wd8704eja model but i am sure there are many cross overs with other brands and models.
I also had to manually release the door with.
4 the washing machine may still be full of water and therefore not letting you open the door.
This is even trickier if the latch moves inwar.
Pull the loop to disengage the latch from the lock.
Siwamat xl 127 the door handle on the washing machine is ok but the mechanism which opens the door gave up and two small bits on non descript plastic ended up on the floor.