20 Most Recent Oreck XL21 Bagged Upright Vacuum - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Try this link ... pages 5&6 of the manual (pdf 9&10) http://nexvacusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TouchServiceGuide-BU1000.pdf

it is clogged. check pipes and fan housing.

Is it an endurolife belt or a stretchy rubber belt. If it is endurolife belt it needs to be on roller, or it will turn off.

Probably need to replace circuit board. Is it still under warranty? . Check wires are plugged in all the way on circuit board.

Hold on button for 10 seconds

If you turn vacuum on with switch and they start working your switch is ok
If your vacuum is working and motor stops after some time you have problems with motor not the switch
If you turn vacuum on and if’s working but after putting him on the carpet brush roller slow down or stop turning you have problem with stretched belt

Take it to your local vac shop for assistance. You have a missing part. The clip that holds the bag sometimes falls out or breaks. It's not too expensive though.

Try looking for a button or ask the store it came from. Also try searching it up on the internet. Look up the company.

you are connecting or crisscrossing the wires they are both white and should be pulled under the bottom of motor to other side then plugged in to the terminals

im holding an oreck motor as i write this and to the right of where the plastic casing that holds the brush there is a small round plastic piece sticking up, around that should be a metal coil which slips over the plastic piece the theres a piece of the metal wire on one end is the coil the other end is like a hook which hooks into the plastic housing piece causing a sort of resistance, like a spring action. good luck