--- title: "Speed Queen dryer showing Door Open | DryerRepair.center" description: "What Door Open means on Speed Queen dryers, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/speed-queen-door-open/" --- # Speed Queen dryer showing Door Open Speed Queen lights the Door Open alert whenever the door is open, and the dryer will not run with it open. ## What Door Open actually means. Speed Queen lights the Door Open alert whenever the door is open, and the dryer will not run with it open. If the door is shut and the alert stays on, the switch or latch is not reporting it. Speed Queen dryer display What to do when Door Open shows on the dryer ### Kind of code Door and lock The control cannot confirm that the door is shut, so it will not start. A worn strike or a bent latch is looked at before the door switch itself. ### Usually leads to Door switch and latch repair A dryer that ignores the start button with its door shut, or a door that will not stay closed, fixed at the switch, catch or hinge. ### Shows up as Dryer Door Won't Latch The door swings back open, will not stay shut, or closes but the dryer acts as if it is open. ### Make Speed Queen Commercial-grade residential dryers in electric and gas versions, built for heavy use and long service life. ### Source Speed Queen User's Guide for Dryers, Part No. D518541ENR6 Speed Queen electronic dryers with status alerts (User's Guide D518541). ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Speed Queen's own guidance for Door Open on its dryers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Close the door firmly. 02 Check that the alert goes out. 03 If it stays lit with the door closed, book a visit. ### Still there? It usually turns into [door switch and latch repair](https://dryerrepair.center/services/door-switch-and-latch-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do The alert is not a code by itself. It only becomes a problem if it stays on with the door shut. ## What you may notice with it. The dryer problems Door Open tends to arrive with. Answer these at the dryer before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Dryer Door Won't Latch](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-door-wont-latch/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-door-wont-latch/) It also comes with - [**Dryer Not Starting**](https://dryerrepair.center/problems/dryer-not-starting/) Problem ### Dryer Door Won't Latch 5 causes, cheapest first Where Door Open usually leads ## Door switch and latch repair. **Door switch, catch or hinge · lowest.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://dryerrepair.center/services/door-switch-and-latch-repair/) ## Speed Queen dryers. Commercial-grade residential dryers in electric and gas versions, built for heavy use and long service life. [Speed Queen dryer repair](https://dryerrepair.center/brands/speed-queen/) More Speed Queen codes [Er ro](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/speed-queen-er-ro/) [Flashing decimal point](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/speed-queen-idle-decimal/) Door and lock on other makes [ASKO E7](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e7/) [Electrolux E 42](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-e42/) [Kenmore dE](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-796-de/) [LG dE](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/lg-de/) [Miele F36](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/miele-f36/) [Samsung dC](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-dc/) [Whirlpool ERR](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-err/) [Fisher & Paykel door OPEn](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-door-open/) [All 10 codes of this kind](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-door) Speed Queen builds this ### Electric dryer The most common dryer in US homes: a 240-volt heating coil, a belt-driven drum and a vent to the outside. Speed Queen builds this ### Gas dryer Heat from a burner on natural gas or propane, lit by an igniter and watched over by a flame sensor, with the motor on 120 volts. Speed Queen builds this ### Stackable dryer The dryer half of a stacked pair or a single-frame laundry center, where the height and the closet decide how the repair is done. ## In Speed Queen's own words > The Door Open alert is lit any time that the dryer door is open. [Speed Queen User's Guide for Dryers, Part No. D518541ENR6](http://docs.alliancelaundry.com/tech_pdf/Production/D518541en.pdf) [Speed Queen User's Guide for Dryers, Part No. D518541ENR6](http://docs.alliancelaundry.com/tech_pdf/Production/D518541en.pdf) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Speed Queen electronic dryers with status alerts (User's Guide D518541). ## Speed Queen Door Open dryer repair, where we come out. 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Close the door firmly. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Can a Speed Queen dryer run with Door Open lit? No. It is built not to operate with the loading door open, and the drum stops if the door is opened mid-cycle. ### My Speed Queen door is closed but Door Open is lit. What is it? The door switch or latch is not confirming the closed door. Do not try to bypass it; book a visit. --- **[Read on the site: Speed Queen dryer showing Door Open | DryerRepair.center](https://dryerrepair.center/error-codes/speed-queen-door-open/)** **[Book a visit with DryerRepair.center](https://dryerrepair.center/schedule/)**