How to take apart a miele s5210 vacuum - Miele Vacuums

Bearings need some grease or replacement

There are screws from underneath you'll need to remove and possibly some inside the vacuum bag housing. The cases are held together with locking tabs and will need to pried apart. You may need torx drivers to take it apart too. I found a video on pulling down an S500 - it's an older generation cleaner but the disassembly procedure will be very similar (take notes and pictures when you're pulling it down, it will help. And have a piece of cardboard to push the screws into so you know where they all go with notes) -
Miele s500 Vacuum Service Repair

I think this model is a canister. If it is you might have broken the retractor reel from its bracket. Unfortunately it has to be taken apart and the part checked. Unless you are familiar with taking these apart you will need to bring it to a Miele dealer to have it looked at.

Hi There,
I have made a video showing how to get a miele S5311 apart. Most of the machines in the same series use a very similar procedure so take a look at the video it should help you.

My power head failed due to the handle switch. It comes apart with the Phillips screw under the vacuum kill slider. Check for continuity across the switch contact solder points.

Took me forever to find it but it is in the very bottom. You have to open the top where the attachments are stored. In the back in front of the power on\off button down at the very bottom is a tiny screw.

You've got a 7 year motor warranty. Take it back to your dealer and have the motor replaced, unless you've been running it without filters or you've been using generic bags, which would have voided your motor warranty.
This is actually very rare: I've only ever seen one miele motor break that wasn't water related or related to negligence.

-R

If it is similiar to the white star you may find the instructions here useful: http://www.sannerud.com/house/miele.html

hope so

either the switch or the motor has burned out. try resistance test on each. look for positive resistance change on switch and about 2 ohms on motor. also look for a disconnected wire