Discovered it was the door latch and spring that had broken. Found the part with help of AppliancePartsPros -- local parts company would not/did not check if other branded part would fit my Maytag. Arrived promptly* and I easily installed the replacement part following online instructions. For what it's worth, I am a 67 yr old female.
Four stars only because the spring has not been shipped.
*spring key was not included in shipment, but I had saved original spring and it worked.