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Review this table to find do-it-yourself solutions for minor performance problems. Any other
service needed should be performed by a Sears or other qualified service agent.
AWARNING
Always turn off and unplug vacuum cleaner before performing maintenance to the
vacuum cleaner. Failure to do so could result in electrical shock or personal injury.
Vacuum cleaner won't
start.
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1. Unplugged at wall outlet.
2. Tripped circuit breaker/
blown fuse at household s
ervice panel.
3. Loose hose electrical
connections.
1. Plug in firmly, press ON/OFF switch.
2. Reset circuit breaker or replace fuse.
3. Reconnect hose ends.
Poor job of dirt
pick-up
1. Full or clogged dust bag.
2. Clogged airflow passages.
3. Dirty filters.
4.
Wrong pile height setting.
5. Wrong power level selected.
6. Hole in hose.
7. Worn PowerMate® agitator.
8. Worn or broken belt.
9.
Dirty agitator or end caps.
10. Canister hood open.
11. Tripped overload protector
in PowerMate®.
1. Change bag.
2. Clear airflow passages.
3. Clean/change filters.
4. Adjust setting.
5. Adjust control.
6. Replace hose.
7. Change agitator.
8&9.
See
BELT CHANGING AND
AGITATOR CLEANING
(page 20).
10. Close and latch hood.
11. Remove any items that may be
caught or jammed, then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops again,
clean agitator and end caps, then reset.
Vacuum cleaner starts
but shuts off.
1. Hose or hood electrical
connections.
2. Tripped overload protector
in PowerMate® .
3. Tripped thermal protector
in canister.
1. Check connections, reconnect hose
ends.
2. Remove any items that may be
caught or jammed, then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops
again, clean agitator and end caps,
then reset.
3. See
PERFORMANCE/SAFETY
FEATURES -
"Thermal Protector"
(page 15).
PowerMate®
will not
run when attached.
1. PowerMate® connections
unplugged.
2. Worn or broken belt.
3. Dirty agitator or end caps.
4.
Tripped overload protector
in PowerMate®.
5. Vacuum cleaner in
HARDFLOOR mode.
1.
283.
4.
Plug in
firmly.
See
BELT CHANGING AND
AGITATOR CLEANING
(page 20).
Remove any items that may be
caught or jammed, then reset. If
vacuum cleaner starts and stops
again, clean agitator and end caps,
then reset.
Press
CARPET
button to activate
5. PowerMate®.
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