--- title: "Sharp DOOR LOCK ON: the child-resistant door lock is enabled" description: "What DOOR LOCK ON means on Sharp DOOR LOCK ON: the child-resistant door lock is enableds, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/sharp-door-lock-on/" --- # Sharp DOOR LOCK ON: the child-resistant door lock is enabled Countertop microwaves built for the US from April 2024 carry a child-resistant door lock. ## What DOOR LOCK ON actually means. Countertop microwaves built for the US from April 2024 carry a child-resistant door lock. Once a cycle starts, the door stays locked for 30 minutes after the cycle ends or pauses unless you press the model's unlock key. Sharp shows DOOR LOCK ON or Door when the lock is enabled and DOOR LOCK OFF or OFF when it is disabled. Sharp microwave display · also shown as Door, DOOR LOCK OFF, OFF What to do when DOOR LOCK ON shows on the microwave ### Kind of code Mode, not a failure Something was switched on rather than something wearing out: a child or control lock set by a long press on the wrong pad, after which no key answers, a demo or showroom setting that lights the display and turns the plate while nothing warms, a Sabbath setting that dims the panel and mutes the beeps, or a clock left blinking after an outage that holds the keypad until it is set. No part is needed; a key sequence from the manual switches it off again. ### Usually leads to No repair Press the unlock key for your model (Clock/Unlock on the SMC0985KS) to open the door after cooking. ### Shows up as What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You A microwave error code may be a letter and a number on the display, a lock or demo word, a row of dashes, or a beep with a blinking clock, and it can show while the microwave still heats or block every key until it is cleared. ### Make Sharp Sharp microwaves repaired in the kitchen, including drawer models under the counter, countertop units and those mounted over the burners. ### Source Sharp child-resistant door lock support page Applies to Sharp countertop models listed on Sharp's door lock page, including the SMC0985KS, SMC1585 series, SMC1464KS, SMC2266KS and others made from April 2024. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Sharp's own guidance for DOOR LOCK ON on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Press the unlock key for your model (Clock/Unlock on the SMC0985KS) to open the door after cooking. 02 To disable the lock, use Sharp's sequence for your model: 7-9-0 holding 0 for 3 seconds on most push-button and handle models, or HELP/SETTINGS, 6, STOP/CLEAR on the SMC1585. 03 If the door stays shut with the lock disabled and power on, book a visit so the latch can be checked; never force the door. ### Cleared? The code has gone and a mug of water heats again without a new part. If it comes back this week, or the food starts coming out cold in the middle, mention in the booking that it came back. ### What not to do A locked door after cooking is not a broken latch; it is the safety lock working. If power was lost during a cycle with the lock enabled, the door stays locked until power returns. ## What you may notice with it. The microwave problems DOOR LOCK ON tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://microwaverepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You](https://microwaverepair.center/problems/microwave-error-code/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://microwaverepair.center/problems/microwave-error-code/) It also comes with - [**Microwave Door Won't Latch Shut**](https://microwaverepair.center/problems/microwave-door-not-closing/) Problem ### What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You 7 causes, cheapest first No repair indicated ## Nothing to repair. Something was switched on rather than something wearing out: a child or control lock set by a long press on the wrong pad, after which no key answers, a demo or showroom setting that lights the display and turns the plate while nothing warms, a Sabbath setting that dims the panel and mutes the beeps, or a clock left blinking after an outage that holds the keypad until it is set. No part is needed; a key sequence from the manual switches it off again. [How to read what your microwave is telling you](https://microwaverepair.center/problems/microwave-error-code/) ## Sharp microwaves. Sharp microwaves repaired in the kitchen, including drawer models under the counter, countertop units and those mounted over the burners. 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Sharp builds this ### Built-in microwave A microwave set into a tall cabinet or a wall of cabinetry at eye level, either a countertop body wrapped in a trim kit or a true built-in model, including speed and convection microwaves that brown as well as heat. Sharp builds this ### Microwave drawer A microwave built under a counter or into a kitchen island that opens like a drawer at the touch of a key, with a motor and gears sliding its cavity out toward you. ## In Sharp's own words > the unit will remain locked for a period of 30 minutes or until user presses the “UNLOCK” button. 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Press the unlock key for your model (Clock/Unlock on the SMC0985KS) to open the door after cooking. ### Why won't my Sharp microwave door open after cooking? The child-resistant lock holds it for 30 minutes unless you press the unlock key. The key differs by model. ### How do I turn off the door lock on my Sharp countertop microwave? Most models use 7-9-0 with the 0 held for 3 seconds; the SMC1585 uses HELP/SETTINGS, 6, STOP/CLEAR. The lock stays off through power outages until you turn it back on. ### My Sharp microwave door stayed locked after a power cut. Is it broken? No. With the lock enabled, the door stays locked until power is restored. --- **[Read on the site: Sharp DOOR LOCK ON: the child-resistant door lock is enabled](https://microwaverepair.center/error-codes/sharp-door-lock-on/)** **[Book a visit with MicrowaveRepair.center](https://microwaverepair.center/schedule/)**