Have an AEG Favorit 50750 dishwasher. It started to play up tonight and wouldn't work on any programme when I started it. It would take enough water to fill the tray in the bottom and discharge it if I restarted the programme. Something underneath began to click. I left it for an hour and retried. It then started but made a constant whining noise and wasn't as powerful as what it normally is. It seems to be taking water and discharging water fine. The whine is constant and I'm not sure the reason why it happens but I have heard it on previous recent wash cycles

Phil, April 2009

They have a solenoid operated valve that lets the water in, a small pump used to drain the machine, a heater to make the water warm and a more powerful pump to circulate and spray the water about.

The problem you have may well be associated with the water circulating pump - but I just guess...

Peccavi, April 2009