Electrolux dishwasher repair

Electrolux dishwasher repair Electrolux dishwashers are quite widespread in Russia. Despite the fairly high quality of Electrolux equipment, it, like any other, breaks down and requires the attention of consumers and craftsmen. Before repairing a dishwasher of this brand, you need to find out what typical malfunctions occur in such machines, how best to detect these malfunctions, and what simple methods exist to eliminate them? Read about this and much more in this article.

Typical breakdowns of Electrolux machines

90% of Electrolux dishwashers sold in Russia are manufactured in Poland. Their quality is somewhat worse than that of similar Swedish and German-made equipment, but as they say, you don’t have much to choose from. Service center specialists note the following advantages of Electrolux equipment:

body parts are made of high-quality materials and are very reliable;
circulation pumps are well made and have a long service life;
the manufacturer pays great attention to the little things: rubber bands, terminals, filters, wires, clamps - all this affects the overall trouble-free operating life of dishwashers Electrolux.

There are no obvious weak points in machines of this brand, but, like all other dishwashers, they can experience typical breakdowns. Here is a list of symptoms, so-called typical faults.

The drain and fill lines become clogged.
The water does not heat up according to the set program.
Various problems may arise with the execution of the washing program.
Problems with the quality of dishwashing.

Fill and drain lines are clogged

The drain and fill paths are clogged not only in Electrolux dishwashers; the model and brand have absolutely nothing to do with it - this is a systemic problem. Inlet hoses, filters and pipes become clogged more often, the worse the quality of tap water. If the percentage of minerals in the water is high, they will settle on the walls of the inlet filter and eventually clog it.

Repairing an Electrolux dishwasher in this case will come down to cleaning the clogged filter, and in the future, to prevent the problem from reoccurring, you will have to periodically unscrew it and clean it from the formed water stone. Chemical agents that prevent the formation of limescale are not helpful in this case, because they only protect the internal parts of the machine, and they will not get on the flow-through filler filter.

Conclusion, if you have hard water, then monitor your Electrolux dishwasher more carefully, check the inlet filter, hose and pipes manually. How to do it?

Turn off the water supply to the dishwasher by turning off the tee valve.
Unscrew the inlet hose together with the flow filter from the tee tap on one side and from the dishwasher on the other.
Unscrew the small flow filter from the body of the Electrolux machine (it is located at the beginning of the inlet tract, where the inlet hose is screwed onto).
We wash and clean the hose and both filters, and put everything back in place.

For your information! When installing a dishwasher, some people do not install a flow filter between the tee tap and the hose. In this case, only one filter will become clogged (which is located at the beginning of the filling path).

dishwasher filter Garbage filters, hoses and drain pipes of Electrolux dishwashers become clogged even more often. Experts generally recommend checking and cleaning them at least once every 2 months, and if the machine is used intensively every day, then once every 1-1.5 months. In order for blockages to form less frequently, it is very important to take preventive measures, which are generally outlined in the instructions for the Electrolux dishwasher.

Before placing dishes into the washing tank of the machine, they must be cleared of food.
It is necessary to add only high-quality and proven detergents to the cuvettes.
It is necessary to ensure that there is enough regenerating salt in the special container.
After each dishwashing, quickly inspect the garbage filters and clean them if possible.

To properly clean the garbage filter, drain hose, and pipes, carefully read the corresponding section in the instructions for the dishwasher Electrolux, or read the article on our website How to clean a dishwasher yourself, or purchase a special cleaning composition in a bottle, place it in the dishwasher and run the dry wash cycle.

Problems with water heating

heating element for Electrolux Various malfunctions, the symptom of which is water that does not heat up, are associated either with the heating element or with sensors and modules. The ones who control it. Dishwashers Electrolux are quite sensitive to voltage fluctuations, low or too high voltage, and there is more than enough of this in Russia. What can a voltage drop cause?

In the best case, the fuse will blow, and in the worst case, one or more triacs on the control board will blow. In such a situation, the control module simply will not be able to send signals to the heating element, or will not be able to do so in the specified mode. As a result, the water pumped into the tank remains cold.Repair in this case can be quite complicated and expensive because you need:

partially disassemble the dishwasher;
check the heating element and its electrics;
Check the control module parts, identify the faulty one and replace it with a new one.

Important! A special voltage stabilizer, which must be purchased separately, will help protect your Electrolux dishwasher from problems with voltage in the electrical network.

It is better to entrust diagnostics and repairs in such a situation to a specialist, especially if you have no idea how to work with a multimeter, electrical circuits, and the like. Self-repair can cause additional damage to machine parts, which may well send your “iron assistant” to the landfill. But if you still want to carry out repairs yourself, at your own peril and risk, read the article The water in the dishwasher does not heat up.

The dishwasher does not run the wash program

Dishwasher Electrolux A dishwasher freezing during a wash program is a very common occurrence. In most cases, the problem is resolved by restarting the Electrolux dishwasher, in other words, you just need to turn it off, wait 10 seconds, and then turn it on again. But in some situations the program freezes systematically.

The Electrolux service center master describes a case where the Electrolux ESL95201LO dishwasher invariably froze after all 5 washing programs after the first 10-15 minutes of operation. Rebooting did nothing, it kept freezing. After a deep study of the issue, the technician came to the conclusion that there was a factory defect in the control module, replaced the entire board and the machine started working normally.

For your information! For some models of Electrolux dishwashers, the control modules are so expensive that sometimes it is easier to buy a new machine than to replace a broken module on an old one.

Such cases are rare. Most often, the cause of failures during washing programs is poor performance of sensors: aquasensor, pressure switch and others. If a group of sensors breaks down at once, you need to think about the reasons for this; perhaps the cause of such system failures is problems with the electrical network. What to do if the reason for not completing the washing program is a non-working pressure switch? You can find out about this by reading one of the articles on our website, entitled Replacing the pressure switch in a dishwasher.

Very poor dishwashing quality

Dishwasher Electrolux Why the Electrolux dishwasher stopped washing dishes normally and how to carry out repairs cannot be immediately figured out, because there can be quite a few reasons for this. Electroluxes most often have problems either with the flow of water into the system or with the supply of detergents. The latter is easy to check; if a tablet or undissolved powder remains in the cuvette after washing, it means there are problems with the supply of detergent.

If the machine tries to wash dishes without water, this is also quite easy to check, because it will either give a system error and stop working, or at the end of the program it will produce dry and completely dirty dishes. How to identify a fault?

Check the presence of water in the water supply.
Check the inlet hose and filters to see if they are clogged.
Check if the filling valve is working.
Check the detergent supply valve on the cuvette.
Check that you are loading detergent into the cuvette correctly.

To summarize, we note that if the Electrolux dishwasher suddenly breaks down, then repairing it may not be easy. We won’t reassure you; you won’t be able to deal with all the breakdowns on your own; you’ll have to turn to specialists. But in some cases, you can try to make repairs yourself. Good luck!