No suction I cleaned and checked all hoses, sounds like something is stuck inside, like a sock, took machine apart as much as I could and couldn't find anything. Any suggestions?

try changing the filter. could be it is coming apart and making the noise. Also sometime these hoses will tear on the inside (lining of hose) and make a flapping or knocking sound. Check the hose as well.

The foam may be a sound suppressor. Your vacuum may need a new hose. Old hoses have a liner on the inside that can collapse. Try removing the hose and see if you have good suction on the vacuum without the hose on. If you do it. Means the hose is bad or clogged

Put a broomstick or such down the hose, something may be stuck. Look inside with the bag out, is there a screen before the motor?

Most vacuums have an air intake adjustment. If this intake is opened,the suction is affected. It is on the hose usually and is a simple procedure to turn it to closed. If yours is an upright, there may be something lodged in the machine that keeps the air from flowing as it should. And of course, the bag or filter needs to be cleaned, emptied or replaced (depends on the type of vacuum) to assure good suction. Oh, also if you have a hose type vacuum, there might be something lodged in the hose. I usually take a mop or broom handle, remove the hose from the machine, and plunge the handle into both ends of the hose to dislodge the stuck item.

No reset button, it's clogged with dirt. Open it and clean it thoroughly .

hello tnwalkergal the hose may have a clog inside the hose at the bend you can take the hose loose and run a broomstick or a yardstick thorgh the hose this is how I find the clog

Had the same problem tonight. Took the entire thing apart only to find there was a much simpler solution. Check the small hose that runs from the brush rollers where the longer hose (on the back) attaches to the side of the vacuum. Easiest way to do this is to lay the handle down and stick something (coat hanger worked good) through it until it comes out of the head. I found a pretty good sized fuzz plug in mine. As soon as I removed it, everything worked great again - and no noise!

1. Make sure the hose attachment is pushed all the way down into its receptacle. It will click softly when it's all the way down.

2. Detach the hose from the machine. Do this by twisting the grey fitting on the back of the machine. (Note: leave the attachment end of the hose plugged into the machine) Turn the machine on. Hold your hand over the hose fitting. If there's strong suction then there is a blockage in the hose.

3. If not, check in the fitting to see if something is stuck in there. On the back of the machine there is a long clear tube that travels down the back of the machine. Sometimes larger peices of paper get stuck in there. If something is in this tube, take a phillips screwdrive, remove the 7 black screws off and remove the blockage. Reassemble and try the machine.

4. There are two filters on this machine. The one that may be clogged and affecting the suction is located below the canister in the front of the machine. Simply pull ouot the tray and reomve the grey foam filter to clean. Rinse it out with warm water then allow it to dry. Replace in its tray then slide the tray back into the machine. The other filter is the HEPA filter and has nothing to do with the suction of the unit. It is an exhaust filter and does need to be changed at least once a year. It filters the air coming out of the machine. The first few times we used ours the whole house smelled "clean". Whne a new filter is placed in the machine that "clean" snmell returns. The filters are $25 apiece at Amazon.com.

5. As a maintainence item, remove the canister as though you were going to empty it. Place it on the ground, locate the two buttons (one clear plastic/one blue) on the front and back of the canister and remove the clear plasctic housing. This will allow you to clean the hundreds of little holes on the grey surface of the top of this section. (This looks like a circular colender.) To clean this, use an old toothbrush and scrub the dust and stuff into your grabage can. I do this once or twice a year. (Since I have a Shop Vac in the garage, I use this instead of a toothbrush.)

Hope this helps.

There is a splash sock around that valve. When the air is drawn through the sock, it sets up too much turbulence and this causes the valve to lift and block the opening. Remove the sock and it will solve your problem. The first series of these machines had a 7 amp motor that didn't develop enough suction to affect the valve, but later models were 12 amp and there was too much air flow for the splash sock, so they were removed. The later production models incorporated a screen over the motor opening in the tank which substituted for the sock.

Hmmm...I have the same problem...if you remove the water tank and the water collection bucket and look at what is remaining. Now step on the lever to lean the upright part back and there is a hose there that goes from the hand held hose into this hose into the dirty water tank. MINE is broken at that center point between the handheld hose and the dirty water square thingy...It's probably fixable...maybe this helps you?