Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today it's the Bosch washing
machine and Bosch Error code 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 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 programme 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
Serie 4 model you deactivate the child lock by holding these two buttons down for 3 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
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 latch, 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 Hotpoint 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. Oh look 007,
your boxer shorts are ready Mr Bond [awful Connery accent] 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 visiting my channel everyone I really really appreciate it. 'Lurgs'.