Recent content by mieleforever

Thank you all for your imputs, I have managed to enter the service menu and ascertained that the machine has done 12 232 hours. So I guess it has done it's bit for the world. There must be some or other leak Henene, because I tilted the machine and water was running out from the bottom. The...

Hi Henene, Any idea how I get to the service menu?

Dear fellow members, We have a Miele W5740, for about 15 years now, but of lately it has been giving us trouble. The last year or so the machine has had difficulty in getting rid of suds, and continually have a suds lock during interim spins or final spins, eventually it will spin but at a...

Sorry about that ... But both of our Siemens dishwasher had that skew kinda look. I think it is the way Siemens/Bosch manufactures their products. Our Siemens Freezer were delivered without any dents, but after working for about 24 hours the door developed a dent due to the air being cooled...

Well according to the workshop it was the drain pump. I don't really understand that a drain pump can cancel the wash cycle after about two turns. Perhaps it senses that the pump is faulty. What is strange though, was that the machine did not stop during the spin cycle. I don't know whether...

Dear fellow members - my brother in law's Samsung Front loader is currently giving him some trouble. From what I can assess from him is it gives one or two turns during the washing cycle and then just won't continue any further, however of you only want to spin the clothes it quickly proceeds...

wow... Congratulations that's some handsome machine you got there. And I do believe that you will get years of very good service out of it. Our washer and dryer will be approaching 14 years of hard daily service and we have not had any problems. The washing machine does about 8 -10 cycles...

My wife has a Mercedes W169 A class 180. At first I was a bit sceptical about it, but have grown to really like it. It is surprisingly spacious inside, yet very easy to park or drive around town. It is relatively light on fuel and got more than enough oomph to get going on the highways. I...

Hi Matthew, We have the exact machine and we have it for the last 13 years. We are a family of 5 plus a yorkie, who's bedding gets washed on 60 deg celsius every second week, so I guess what I am trying to say is that the machine gets used at least 10 to 12 times per week. We never use the...

We have a front loader with a capacity of about 7.8 kg - and we are a family of 5 plus a Yorkshire. Our machine basically runs about everyday - one or two loads per day. It does take quite some time to wash - but it really has stellar results. You will adapt rather quick I suppose and won't...

That looks like the run of the mill fridge here in South Africa (Defy). The freezer compartment you will have to defrost yourself from time to time and the refrigerator will cycle on and off and the frost in the back of the refrigerator will just melt and run down the back and into that pan and...

@stan I will give it a try and see what the outcome is, we have relatively soft water here in our area and we are currently using half the recommended amount. Will give it a go and see what the outcome is. Funny though, if the machine stands still for a while after the suds lock event and it...

I have no idea if fabric softener will have an effect on our machine, but we have been struggling with over sudsing for the past year almost now, have checked everything but nothing seemed to work. Changed the detergent that we used from OMO auto to Skip auto, it is a Unilever product and is...

@mieleforme2, I can just chime in, we have a W5740 model, I think its rated at 7,8 or 8kg and we actually fit our King size down duvet, in it. It is a bit of a squeeze, but it will go in. And washing results is still rather good. So I hope that will help. Regards

@paulinroyton Friends of ours had a Bosch washer and dryer - but from the onset the tumble dryer had water leakage problems - they had technicians out - they went so far as to say that the load was not the correct size it should be bigger. There were quite a lot of excuses - in the end our...