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hello everybody lurgs here welcome to my
channel and today it's the bosch washing
machine and error f34 which means your
drum door is stuck and you cannot get it
open i'll take you through lots of
different steps and hopefully we'll get
your drum door open for you right let's
get cracking if it stopped to mid cycle
be wary of any hot water inside the drum
and do not try and open the door if the
level is above the glass you may have to
drain any excess water using the
drainage hose and i'll explain that
later on in the video if your bosch
washing machine program cycle is
finished and you cannot get the door
open it could be something as simple as
you've got the child lock on now on this
particular model doesn't matter what you
do even if you switch the machine off
the door lock will not deactivate so
what you need to do is you need to make
sure that the child lock is off and on
this particular bosch siri 4 model you
deactivate the child lock by holding
these two buttons down for three seconds
and then it'll beep
and then the door latch will deactivate
and you can open the door
hopefully that's fixed your problem nice
and simple if not the next thing that
you can try is just switching it off at
the mains and leaving it for about 15
minutes this may reset the washing
machine and allow you to open the door
and i'll just pause the video while you
wait for 15 minutes welcome back i'm
guessing that that didn't work
but hopefully it did the next thing that
you can try is the emergency door
release if you go to the bottom right
hand corner of the bosch washing machine
open this flap
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you've got an emergency door release
just above this filter so take a flat
bladed screwdriver
push that into the release system and
literally just pull it down
and then you should hear the door
actually release you should hear the
catch click open
and then hopefully you've managed to
open the door next to the emergency door
release is the filter and there's a link
above now about how to remove that and
give it a good clean
remember to put the flap back on if that
still doesn't work
then you could have a problem with the
door release mechanism
but on this particular bosch model
there's no real way of actually
unclicking this because the design of it
which means you've probably got a fault
with your door release mechanism
but on other bosch washing machines and
other models you may have a slightly
different door latch like this one in
which case you could try an old credit
card trick of wiggling that in the seam
there and you might be able to catch the
door
if not you can just try a piece of
string in the grooves
get that around the drum door
and then pull it and see if you can
catch that release mechanism this one is
actually on a hot point machine last
resort is you can get a great big
screwdriver and just wedge it open but
that is not a good idea and i would not
advise you to do that
as i mentioned earlier on in the video
if you've got lots of excess water and
you cannot open the door you'll need to
drain it first and you do this by
unclipping this drainage hose and just
taking the cap off now this tray
probably wouldn't be big enough if it
was really full up so just make sure
you've got plenty of trays available you
can always put the end cap back on just
to stop it and then refill it again
hopefully you've got the door open if
not you may have to call out a washing
machine technician look 007 your boxer
shorts are ready mr bond yes
i hope that's been successful for you
and i'll tell you what that definitely
deserves a lovely cup of tea or vodka
martini shaken not stirred and another
top tip just coming up after the brew
after you've done any washing cycle
always leave the dispenser drawer
slightly ajar
and also the drum door if you leave that
open that just helps with ventilation
and stops your washing machine smelling
i hope you found that useful up on this
side there's a video on what to do if
your dishwasher is not draining water
properly and over on this side there's a
video on how to keep your washing
machine hygienically fresh thanks for
listening my channel everyone i really
really appreciate it