Bosch Washing machine Logixx 8 Door unlock repair

My wife, who was running the washing machine in the basement, reported that the washing machine door would not open. She found that it would not open even if she tapped or pulled on it. I determined that the door was mechanically damaged because there was no response when I pulled on the handle, so I Googled Bosch Washingmachine door won’t open, etc.

Unfortunately, none of the above had any effect on our case. Not giving up, I continued my search. Then I found there is a kind person who lectures the way to fix the same problem on Youtube.

As seen in the video, when I pulled the door while slamming a dining knife into the gap between the handles where I could see the grey metal part, the door would open assiduously. When the door is removed and disassembled, the plastic where the latch is pulled is chipped, again as shown in the video. The designer may have assumed the load on the latch, but the U-shaped cross-section of the resin would not hold the handle because the force to pull the handle could be applied if the designer wanted to, which is a design error. It is absolutely impossible to repair such a thing with glue. An amateur would have ordered a handle part, but I don’t want to spend the time and money. If it’s about the mechanical problem, probably I can fix it. Drill a hole at random and fix it stiffly with two wood screws. The screw heads stick out, so we file down the interfering parts on the door side. Screw the door back on and the repair is completed on the same day. It became such a nice age, if we want to know something, we can look it up on the internet. I bought the washing machine when I arrived in Germany and it will soon be six years old. I don’t want it to break down yet.

A thin U-shaped cross-sectional projection hooks onto a component on the body side to unlock the door lock. The force required to unlock the door is small, but it is easy to imagine the tremendous load applied as the user pulls on this handle with all their might. It is obvious that such a small plastic projection would not hold. A complete design error.
There were no parts of the right shape, so I made use of the original part and fixed it to the handle stiffly with two screws. I didn’t use any glue. The screws are screwed into the handle quite deeply, so it should hold quite well.

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