FML tonight

[Kore]

Oh shit! The couple of times I wanted to stop the cycle a couple mins in & the door wouldn't unlock drove me nuts. I'd be freaking if it just randomly locked/wouldn't start.

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 23, 2013 21:19:18 GMT -5 @mx said:

I got home from a trip around 11 pm last night. I leave the country for 2 weeks at 4 am Friday morning.

90% of the clothing I planned to take on this trip is locked inside my washing machine. Which will not start. But also will not open. I am working from home tomorrow, but I'm not sure I can get it fixed before I leave.

Also, I share the laundry with my tenant ( when I asked him about this he was like "oh yeah, it's been doing that recently but then it will randomly start."). So if it doesn't randomly start working/doesn't get fixed he won't be able to do laundry for 2 weeks. Because H is out of the country and won't be back for at least 3 weeks.

I have a strong suspicion that I am buying 15 new pairs of underwear and a bunch of other clothes tomorrow evening. And that I'm buying a new washer/dryer.

Not what I was hoping for in my 48 hours home this week.

Did you try flipping the fuse?  It still has power (e.g., lights are on, etc)?

[Redpoppy]

I'm just throwing this out there, but have you tried unplugging it for a few minutes and then trying again? Also is the circuit breaker tripped? This was the cause when DH said our dryer was broken. Sorry, that stinks.

ETA: Just saw you had while I was typing this. 

[Nonny]

Does this help at all...
ETA:  Gah... it keeps mangling the link.

tinyurl.com/axqkepc
 

[jennistarr1]

any chance the place you are going is a good place for a shopping spree...like Italy or Paris???

[Nonny]

I figured it was better than nothing.

It also has a link at the bottom on how to reset the machine, so maybe that will work if the other part doesn't.

Good luck!

[UMaineTeach]

[aurora]

I can empathize. This happened to me while living in a foreign country last year (bonus: the only set of sheets I owned there were in the wash!). Fortunately a couple of hours of Googling variations of the machine brand and "stuck door" led me to a workaround (removing a panel and then pulling a very hidden latch). I hope you can get yours figured out somehow.

[Deleted]

Boo, I hope you can get your clothes out.