I have a Maytag Bravo Top Loader Washer MVWB835DW, and the lid locking mechanism has 6 wires with 2 wires connected to a tiny electrical motor that actuates the locking bar. It wasn’t working so to work around it, I connected the white and blue wires together. These 2 wires are the sensor that checks for the lid being closed. Actually these wires are the common negative connection for the locking bar. There is a magnetic continuity circuit check done with these 2 wires before anything else in the programming. My machine has a “Sensor” light that illuminates when the connection is active, or when it thinks the lid is shut. So to start with I connected the wires together. Then there are 2 other wires, light blue and red that are not connected to the motor. The light blue wire needs to be connected with the continuity wire (white and blue) to start with when I start the machine cycle. The programming checks for this connection first. After this check, the machine will activate the 2 wires connected to the tiny motor to actuate the locking bar. Afterwards, the programming will look for the red wire connected to the continuity wire (white and blue). So the work around goes like this. Regardless of the wire color, connect the continuity wires together, and make those the common pole on a switch. Then connect the lid lock open wire to the off pole of the switch and the lid lock closed wire to the on pole of the switch. Under operation, start with the new switch in the off position, then start the machine wash cycle as you would normally do, wait a couple of seconds, and then hit new switch so that it is in the on position.