Product review (5 stars): Just What I was Looking for, Working Washer
The latch for my whirlpool washer, a 7 year old whirlpool HT3, stopped working.  It was giving the DL F message,(Door Latch Failure).  This was a direct replacement.  The only strange thing is it did not work right after I replaced it, I came back a day latter and it was working.  Some sort of internal reset.  I had disconnected the machine, and even then it gave me the same error, I was ready to check the relay swicht, but decided to check one last time.  Everything was working fine, and continues to do so.

It worked, and the washer is working. What more can you ask? By the way the part is German.