Bosch 00612148 Washer Door Lock Assembly OEM Part

Disconnect existing part and connect new one. Disconnect involved removing back cover around lock and electrical connector. Also had to remove rubber gasket.

I did some research on the web and found a video that showed that I can easily replace the door lock. The next step was to order the part. I had used AppliancePartsPros.com in the past, did a quick part search, ordered it and the part arrived in less than 2 days at my house. Its super easy to replace the door lock, you just remove the water seal from the washing machine front end loader, detach the electrical wires and the backup unlock hook and attach the new part. It was a little difficult to put the water sealant back as the spring is a little hard to put on, but we were successful at last. The washing was back running. Kudos to AppliancePartsPro.com for the speedy delivery, saved us from the accumulating dirty laundry.

Found that the window/door's handle's to window/door's latch connection had failed and the window/door's hinge had fatigued, resulting in a misalignment of door latch to electric door latch and its subsequent breaking, Accessing, disconnecting and reconnecting the wiring to the lock was difficult and requires partial removal of the rubber drum connecting the washing machine's interior tumbler to the machine's front frame opening. There is not adequate wire harness length to "see" and manage the reconnection of the switch to harness once disconnected. Finally, the installation of the replacement switch to machine body face was a "slip and lock" connection not positively screwed as originally designed.

We got on YouTube and found out how to get to it. Ordered a new one and installed it. Works great now. Once we got inside we found a large abandoned mouse nest putting pressure on the switch as the drum turned! That is most likely why it malfunctioned and eventually broke.

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