Electrolux Ultraflex Questions & Answers (page 2 of 3)

Turn the suction down. Also make sure you are switching between lino and Carpet mode

Have you cleaned the filters and let them dry properly? I would contact the supplier as if it within a year that should fall under consumer law

On the upper back of the machine there is a switch with a + and a - symbol. This is the power adjustment.

We have had no problem it has a lever under the dust bin that lockes it shut.

the same thimg is happening to mine. It is only four weeks old. Not much suction, hot at the backj and switches off after 1 minute. Will start again only if I leave unplugged for some time.

It's time to change out with a new HEPA filter

Same with mine,it has lost suction, and within 3-4 mins it gets very hot at back where filters are, and switches off - and can't be time to change the Hepa filter because I've only used thew vacuum 3 times! Blimmin expensive piece of frustrating junk...

I experienced the same problem and the solution was simple I turned the the regulator of the power of the vacuum several times to the left and right.Turn it from "-" to "+" and the problem was removed. Apparently this bottun could also get dirty by dust and then somehow jammed. It worked for me. Hope it will work for you.

It's a faulty power button mostly due to dust damage. Will need to change out the switch ( I did on mine) Please see my reply to a diff question on the same problem.

Its very easy. Press a little button and it lifts out and goes back easily. The filters are easy to clean aa well.

Its very easy to empty but I will say its messy. Dust flies everywhere.

You can't remove plastic cover of power switch as it is hinged inside and deep underneath the dial.
You can remove the small cover on top of HEPA filter, then the large side cover next to power switch, in order to access the power switch.

Thank you William but the HEPA filter is at the rear of my machine and doesn't appear to have any small cover other than the rear lid. When I removed the filter there doesn't seem to be any large side cover that can be accessed either. It is molded plastic inside.

Hi Andy
Need to remove all 6 screws first; 4 screws can be found after removing HEPA and foam filters, 2 more after removing two plastic side hoses.
There's a small cover (same colour as the body colour, either red or blue) on top of HEPA filter, that you'll need to carefully pry open and be removed. Then side cover can then be pried and removed, then to access the power switch.

I suspect it is the on handle switch or possibly an internal component. Sadly nothing you can fix easily.
That said, Electrolux delivered us warranty replacement number 4 (!!) on Friday.
This POS didn't work out of the box!! (the powerhead shuts off when you draw it across the carpet towards you).
We are done with this model.
It's rubbish.
We will be calling them Monday and asking for a full refund.

I am afraid nothing could be done.
It could be an internal thing. Try giving them a call

I ended getting a refund as nothing could be fixed, agree with PeterJ Its a rubbish model
just wish I had not had to deal with the snoty cow from Godfreys to get it

There definitely has a sealing plate, one is to guide cycloned air into motor, two is to make sure said air is filtered by the foam filter before entering motor chamber.

Most likely a faulty power button.
I fixed mine.

The white side should face the motor so the dust through the black section before reaching the white filter face.

The WHITE part faces BACK towards the vacuum. The BLACK at the front.

In my opinion, the black face should be facing motor, as the white foam has coarse pores to stop bigger piece of dust/sand, and allows black foam with fine pores to do the rest.

usually the filters are the problem but you've cleaned yours - I presume that means washing out the motor filter in water and letting it dry over 24 hours. When I did that when mine stopped sucking as well it returned to brand new condition power.

Change out the HEPA filter.
It is difficult to know if a HEPA filter is clogged.
Of course if it is totally darken on the INSIDE face, it's definitely clogged and new a new one.

Hello Jo, the model we have is the ZUF4307ACT, I find them very hard to differencate between the models. It'll have something to do with the filters, ours has 4.
Regards Peter

It seems to be the newer model the ZUF4305AF is 1600watts & 10.10 kgs compared to the ZUF4205AF which is 5.4 kgs & 1850 watts and I'm not sure if the filters differ in anyway otherwise they seem quite similar