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Re: Proline DWI 5212P

I realise this is an older thread but it comes up in Google if you search for “Proline DWI 5212P”.

Reading this thread it’s quite obvious that the forum regulars think very lowly of people who may purchase this machine. Of course I can understand the dislike of a cheap brand machine compared to an expensive one but machines like these do have their place and people do buy them.

I’ve owned two of them now. The first was a replacement for the Baumatic machine that came new with my old flat. It gave up the ghost after about 5 years and after a previous repair bill of about £75, I’d given up with it. At the time we were low on funds because I was doing a masters course and had limited income. A quote to repair the Baumatic was £250. We needed an integrated dishwasher for as cheap as possible and the proline fit the bill (cheaper than the repair costs). It ran fine for the year and a half we still lived in the flat before selling and moving up to London.
We then purchased our second one. Again funds were a little limited because we’d just moved, got a new mortgage and were redecorating the whole house. The kitchen had had a non integrated dishwasher before (which we didn’t want, it was 7 years old and the seller wanted £250 for it). We needed a dishwasher that wasn’t too deep and the DWi 5212P fit the bill again. It had been running fine until a month or two ago (about a year and a half of trouble free operation).

I’m guessing a lot of people coming across this thread will be people who have just bought the machine and have stumbled across this looking for help with the rear leg screw bit things. It’s probably not very pleasant for them to see all the negativity just after they’ve made their purchase hence why I’m giving my side.

Now our dishwasher has developed a fault which seems to be quite common. The top spray arm started banging and eventually fell off. On inspection it is apparent that it’s only attached with a weak screw on mechanism using three plastic bits that stick out. One of these was on the verge of falling off. My first attempt was to superglue it, which worked for about a month but then subsequent repairs have failed.
It’s not a problem though since I’ve just found a replacement arm (from another site so I don’t think I can link it) for £14.94 delivered. That’s hardly a break the bank repair and these arms screw on and off in mere seconds. In the mean time, I’ve come up with my own temporary repair solution of putting a piece of string through the hole by the broken plastic bit and tying it on to the wires of the top rack – seems to be holding just fine and should do so until the part arrives.

If you don’t expect too much from these machines then there’s nothing wrong with them in my opinion. They’re obviously not in the same league as the £500+ models but if at the time of purchase you can’t afford more then just get what you can. I haven’t missed any working hours sitting at home on day offs for engineers, I’ve just had to pay £15 for an easy to attach part. We do now fall into the category that one of the other posters mentioned when he said he “can’t believe why people would skimp on appliances when they’ve got two cars and probably german ones too”. We’ve got two German cars out the front now. We didn’t when we bought our dishwashers though. When the time comes for us to buy a new dishwasher I’m sure we’ll get something decent but right now why would I want to spend £500 odd on a new dishwasher when I can fix the one I’ve got for £15? I’ve got enough bills as it is right now thanks, one of the cars needs £400 spent on it for a new aircon – that comes first.

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