Electrolux washer
showing CLEAr door
CLEAr door tells you the washer detected an item caught between the door and its gasket.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Door and lid lock
- Door lock and lid switch repair
- Source: Electrolux
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What CLEAr door
actually means.
CLEAr door tells you the washer detected an item caught between the door and its gasket. The fix is to unlock the door, pull the item free and restart.
Electrolux washer display
What to do when CLEAr door shows on the washerKind of codeDoor and lid lock
The control cannot confirm that the door or lid is locked, or cannot release it. A latch that does not reach the lock, a bent strike or water still in the tub is looked at before the lock assembly.
Usually leads toDoor lock and lid switch repair
A washer that will not start, will not spin or will not let go of the door, repaired at the lock, the lid switch or the striker.
Shows up asWasher Stops Mid-Cycle
The washer starts normally, then pauses, stalls or shuts off before the cycle ends, sometimes with water still inside.
MakeElectrolux
Full-size front-load washers from the Swedish group, commonly bought as a set with an Electrolux dryer.
SourceElectrolux front load washer User Manual A20448609 (Electrolux media server PDF)
Electrolux front-load washers covered by manual A20448609 (300 to 700 series).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Electrolux's own guidance for CLEAr door on its washers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press Cancel to unlock the door.
Remove the trapped item from the gasket.
Close the door and restart; book a visit if the message returns with nothing trapped.
Still there?
It usually turns into door lock and lid switch repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
CLEAr door is not a lock problem. The washer has found something in the seal and stopped to protect it.
What you may
notice with it.
The washer problems CLEAr door tends to arrive with. Answer these at the washer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Washer Stops Mid-Cycle
5 causes, cheapest first
Where CLEAr door usually leads
Door lock and lid switch repair.
Electrolux
washers.
Full-size front-load washers from the Swedish group, commonly bought as a set with an Electrolux dryer.
Electrolux washer repair
Front-load washer
A horizontal drum behind a sealed glass door, a rubber boot, a locking latch and a pump with a filter you can reach from the front.
Stackable washer
The washer at the bottom of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, repaired inside the closet or recess it was sized for.
Compact washer
The 24-inch front-loaders and all-in-one washer-dryers found in apartments, condos and under counters, repaired on their washing side.
In Electrolux's own words
Washer has detected something trapped between the door and door gasket.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Electrolux front-load washers covered by manual A20448609 (300 to 700 series).
Electrolux CLEAr door washer repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about CLEAr door.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing CLEAr door?
Book with the code as it appears, the full model number, and whether any water is on the floor — for a code, that is where the diagnosis begins.