Speed Queen is made by a commercial/industrial appliance maker, so their stuff has to last a long time.................
They have 5 year warranties on most of their products. So, they have to make them better. This lid lock mechanism has been an issue for all the washers that have them. Based on the amount of hits on the YouTube videos watched to repair the problem. So, now they offer the model without a lid lock.
There is also a hack to disable the lid closed indicator. Which means you can actually open the lid while it is running and throw in that SOCK that you dropped on the way to the machine.