I would love to know what the cause of premature motor burn outs on the newer Dysons are, seen SO MANY DC33's burnt out, haven't really seen mnay suction losses on DC33's but instead they burn out, have Dyson gone cheaper?
My neighbours 33 blew up once, they only had it a year (it's about 2 and a half years old now) from new and now the new motor is fine, they use it a few times a day every day, but they have had suction loss since the new motor was replaced about a few months after that, the empty it when it looses suction only, like right up to the ducting but I told them about the filters and they do that now.
My DC40, which was probably not even 2 years old, looked alright in condition wise apart from a broken wheel, the motor was messed up completely on that, tried to get it running but it made loud noises with DC25 carbons and then got really hot after a few seconds and died completely. Crap quality, glad I have the warranty on my 41 though so will be using that and then probably sell it in about a year or 2