Cable to switch assembly --makes and brakes have to hold cable up for the vacuum to work

Mr john Harding, November 2007

Common problem
cable has broken

Dyson will replace it at for £30

or open the switch and cut off 4 inches of cable and re-attach.
Try and google Switch repair, I put a photo up somewhere a while back....
or try here
http://www.letsfixit.co.uk/html/vacuum_cleaner_faq.html

Chris the Scientist fella, November 2007