Vacuum Cleaner Troubleshooting

Model specific questions and answers, maintenance advice, handy tips and instruction manuals.

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Troubleshooting Guides Maintenance Advice

Browse through the following possible scenarios and click the most appropriate link for your current issue.

Always disconnect your appliance from the mains before you start examining it!

Dust container won't fit back together

Line up the arrow with the padlock

I have just taken delivery and things seem to be missing

Check the specifications of your product

No electrical power

Check there is electricity at the socket

Watch our helpful fuse replacement video

Check the fuse in the plug

No suction and not picking up

Empty the dirt container and clean the filters

Watch our video guide (4)

Check the floor brush is not blocked

Check for a blockage in the hose

Noisy

Check the filters are clean

Power cuts out during use

Check that the hose is not blocked

Thermal cut out has activated

Shocks or a tingling sensation when I touch the vacuum cleaner

There may be a build up of static energy on the product

Tools missing from the packaging

Check the packaging thoroughly

Unable to remove the dust container lid

Line the arrow up with the open padlock

Warm air blows out during use

Wire has got stuck inside the cleaner

Try and pull the cord firmly all the way out

General tips for your vacuum cleaner

Some floorcare do's and dont's

How to maintain your vacuum cleaner

Watch our video for regular maintenance tips and advice

Look after the flex or mains cord

Check the wire and plug

Vacuum cleaner Hepa filters

Regularly clean the filters

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