Old Dyson vacuum cleaner has lost its suction!

dllive

Hi

Ive had my Dyson for years. Ive given it a couple of deep cleans over the years (taken it all apart, washed everything etc). But its recently lost its suction.

Is it worth taking it to a hardware shop(?) to get it fixed and made new again? Or should I chuck it and buy a new one? (I know, hardly "money saving"!!).

Thanks

benson1980

I found our dyson animal cylinder a real pain to maintain, from day 1 really. I'd replaced the motor twice over the space of 5-6 years and cleaning the filters constantly became annoying. We bought a Henry Nuvac instead a couple of years back, plus the carpet brush head attachment, which is so easy to use in comparison, performs better, and requires minimal maintenance. On this basis (coming from someone who likes fixing and maintaining things rather than throwing them away), personally I'd cut your losses with the dyson. 

Altior

Definitely worth trying a replacement battery. Not too spiteful, my model was around £40 and after replacing it, operating like brand new again. 

KxMx

I had a Dyson that also lost suction, taking various bits apart revealed an entire pen and then a build up of stuff behind it. No idea how an entire pen got inside! 

macman

Would help if you said which model? Some models have particular weak points where they tend to block at.
90% of suction problems are caused by blockages and failure to wash the filters regularly, so my best guess is that it's blocked somewhere that your deep clean didn't reach to.
This assumes that both the main motor and the brushroll motor, if fitted, are operating OK?

macman

Altior said:

Definitely worth trying a replacement battery. Not too spiteful, my model was around £40 and after replacing it, operating like brand new again. 

The OP hasn't stated that it's a cordless Dyson. A failing battery on a cordless won't reduce suction, it'll just reduce the run time.

outtatune

Tear in the hose? Dyson stuff is really shoddily made.

macman

outtatune said:

Tear in the hose? Dyson stuff is really shoddily made.

It's really not. Some of the older uprights are near 30 years old now and still going strong, though of course the motors tend to blow after a decade or so. Bur there are some components on certain models that are poorly designed and fail quickly, which is why the OP needs to tell us which model they are having problems with.

dllive

Hi guys. The model I have is the Dyson DC28c. Ive had it for about 7 years.

I guess the suction power has been good for all these years (Ive never compared it to another vacuum), but what I have found is that - when using it on carpet - it forms clumps of hair/fur which I then vacuum up, rather than suck up the hair/fur as I go. So Im not convinced its that effective on carpet. But  maybe thats to be expected from any vacuum cleaner.

benson1980

dllive said:

Hi guys. The model I have is the Dyson DC28c. Ive had it for about 7 years.

I guess the suction power has been good for all these years (Ive never compared it to another vacuum), but what I have found is that - when using it on carpet - it forms clumps of hair/fur which I then vacuum up, rather than suck up the hair/fur as I go. So Im not convinced its that effective on carpet. But  maybe thats to be expected from any vacuum cleaner.

If you’ve checked for the obvious blockages it would be worth checking the seals as well. I seem to recall having the same issue with our dc39 at some point and the seal at the bin opening hinge was slightly out of place resulting in loss of suction. 

JohnB47

I did a quick search and found this site. Might be of interest:

https://www.fixya.com/support/t23023991-dyson_dc28_loss_suction