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Post# 88375   1/7/2010 at 08:09 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Before getting my Dyson DC24, I used a DC04 for 7 years. I was very happy with this machine as it provided very good suction and cleaning performance, it was fine mechanically, only the plastic parts would let it down as the odd part would break every couple of months or years etc. When I first purchased the DC04, the clutch was noisy when the brush was rotating, it wasn't the ratchet, it was just the rotation was noisy when the brush was spinning so Dyson came and changed this. The clutch was fine for 7 years.

The machine has DC07 BRUSHCONTROL written on the cleaning head though, shows that Dyson quality control was not too great at the time when this machine was made as this was missed by the facory.

In the time I had this machine, the handle broke twice,I have had to change this. The latter one was made out of Polyproplene as opposed to ABS on the other ones, the Polyproplene was much better and didn't break.

The Stair Tool broke twice, again Dyson sent me a new Steel coloured tool in 2005, this felt different as made out of Polyproplene, this one didn't break and is still fine til this day. I think the hose pierced once, the latter hose was fine and again still is fine, Dyson must have changed to Polyurethane on this hose as they advertised.

The main duct of the machine cracked in 2008 where the handle goes into the machine so it renedered the machine uselesss, I had to buy a whole new duct spine and take the machine apart to put the switch, motor etc into the new housing, I could see though that this part has 2 cracked which appeared again in the same bit so when I used the machinbe on Lindo, I had to hold the back spine to help move the machine about.

The machine used to be quite good with filtration but the post motor filter appeared to have a poor seal as the machine used to leak a lot of carbon dust and this was evident by the black carbon dust on the bottom of the bin and the spine of the machine when taking the bin off.

The cyclone used to let a lot of hair through the system and hair used to be caught by the Pre Motor filter. I have had this with the DC05 and the DC16 root cyclone handheld also. No major issue, just scrape the hair off the filter when washing.

The machine stops making ratchet noise when it got jammed, I suppose as the belts began to loose their tension over the 7 years of use but the belts did not require changing from what I could feel though now when I use my DC24 I feel that the DC24 brushes better as the brush is motorised and there is no slippage as there must have been with the DC04 machine.

I switched this machine on recently and started vacuuming, it was fine for half a minute then it started making this awful noise and then smoke and horrible elctrical small started coming from the machine, that was the end of it :(

Post# 88376 , Reply# 1   1/7/2010 at 08:10 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Side View Cleaner

Post# 88378 , Reply# 2   1/7/2010 at 08:11 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Cleaner Head with DC07 on it when its in fact a DC04

Post# 88379 , Reply# 3   1/7/2010 at 08:12 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Same original brush on the DC04.

Post# 88380 , Reply# 4   1/7/2010 at 08:13 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

The dirty Pre Motor filter - always had hair on by the time it came to washing, this is no fault, all Dysons I have used have done this.

Post# 88381 , Reply# 5   1/7/2010 at 08:14 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Post Motor Filter after 7 years not being touched. This had a very poor seal as the carbon dust used to escape the machine.

Post# 88382 , Reply# 6   1/7/2010 at 08:15 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Post Motor Filter underside covered in carbon dust

Post# 88383 , Reply# 7   1/7/2010 at 08:16 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Secret advertising. My new Dyson DC24 doesn't have all this on it.

Post# 88384 , Reply# 8   1/7/2010 at 08:17 (5,216 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

The high cleaner head profile. I never liked this. The machine could never clean under the radiator or the bed. The DC24 can reach where this machine didn't.

Post# 88405 , Reply# 9   1/7/2010 at 15:23 (5,216 days old) by electroluxxxx (……)        

that is a beautiful machine and by the way you explained the end of it, the machine seems to have reached the end of the carbon brushes making the Metal that is on the end of the brush contact the commutator on the motor. my DC 07 and 14 both have carbon dust on them and last I looked the carbon brushes have a lot of life left in them, (I dont really use the machine) I love your machine because of its early futureistic Design. now that it does not work what do you plan on doing with it?

Post# 88493 , Reply# 10   1/8/2010 at 15:35 (5,215 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

Hi electroluxxxx,

I have the DC04 sitting in the conservatory. The top 2 pics is where it is currently residing. I don't know what to do with it. I do not plan to fix it for personal use as have the DC24 now and the DC05 is used for the car and to clean up the odd bit downtair, the DC16 is just used randomly for the car or if there are bit on the red carpet upstairs I use it to clean this when I dont want to annoy others with getting main vacuum out lol

I think it would be a waste to throw the DC04 out and this machine will be good again with a new motor in it so may fix and then sell it. Not sure as yet.

I have posted pic of the part that needed changing last year. Shame all the effort to change this ducting and it only lasted 1 year, but still a year is a year eh.

Post# 88494 , Reply# 11   1/8/2010 at 15:40 (5,215 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

The big crack that mean the handle would no longer stay in the machine. A straight swap over of the duct and the machine was good again but then the serial number disappeared as the label is on the cracked duct. Didn't matter though.

I noticed cracks were appearing again in the same bit so given a few years time it would break like this again :(

Post# 88495 , Reply# 12   1/8/2010 at 15:44 (5,215 days old) by blakaeg (NW London, UK)        

The serial number plate. I think this was the first lot of DC04's to be made in Malaysia. I bought this machine in 2002. I asked Dyson wot year it was made they said 2000, I wasn't aware of the DC04's beind made in Malasyia in 2000, maybe someone on here knows more about the serial numbering system?

Post# 88747 , Reply# 13   1/11/2010 at 21:03 (5,212 days old) by szymonrules (Philadelphia, PA )        
I WANT ONE

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I really wish i had one even a broken one because they look cool to me!!! Does anyone know where i can gind one in pholadelphia pa usa 19134?


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