A new sound from your Dyson is worth taking seriously, but it isn’t always bad news. Dyson’s support pages sort unusual noises into four types and give a simple 10-second test that tells you whether the sound is coming from…
On a Dyson V8 or V10, a red light on the battery gauge means something has failed, not that the battery is just low. Dyson publishes what each red pattern means on the V8 and Cyclone V10, and the difference…
An icon pops up on your Dyson’s screen and the machine won’t behave. On the V15 Detect and the V11, the screen is the machine telling you exactly what it wants. Dyson’s support pages list four alerts for both models,…
Your Dyson has a fault, and you’re deciding whether to fix it or move on. Many Dyson problems are cleaning jobs or cheap parts, and Dyson runs its own repair service in and out of warranty. Start with the warranty,…
Dyson sells parts by machine, and even within one model the parts can differ. A V11 can take one of two batteries, and Dyson splits V8 parts by filter type. This guide gets you from your machine to the right…
A dirty filter is the first cause Dyson lists for poor suction, and it shows up in Dyson’s lists for pulsing and short runtime too. Dyson filter cleaning is simple, but the details change by model: how the filter comes…
The motor runs, but the brush bar in the cleaner head just sits there. Dyson says a jammed brush bar is “quite common, particularly in houses where there are pets, or people with long hair.” A Dyson brush bar not…
It still runs, but it leaves dust behind. A Dyson vacuum losing suction rarely means the motor is failing. Dyson’s own support pages list four causes for poor performance, and only one of them involves a setting rather than cleaning.…
Most Dyson problems people search for, like weak suction, pulsing and short runtime, appear on Dyson’s own list of causes as a dirty filter, a dusty cyclone or clogged tools. Knowing how to clean a Dyson vacuum properly fixes or…
You put your Dyson on charge and the lights don’t do what you expect. Before you assume it’s dead, read them: on several models, no lights on the charger simply means the battery is full. When a Dyson is not…