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  "description": "Source-cited code summaries with model/market scope, editorial status and explicit source locators. Safety guidance remains on each canonical page.",
  "version": "2.0",
  "dateModified": "2026-07-30",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "FaultCodeLab (https://faultcodelab.com)",
  "homepage": "https://faultcodelab.com/en/dataset/",
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  },
  "limitations": [
    "Source confidence is separate from editorial review.",
    "AI-assisted review is not technician or native-language approval.",
    "Documentation coverage is not failure-frequency data.",
    "Manufacturer documents retain their own rights; they are linked, not relicensed."
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      "shortMeaning": "Defy's DTL165 manual documents E1 when water intake into the top-loader is very slow.",
      "severity": "medium",
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        "market": "South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa",
        "revision": "Defy instruction manual 074879 AE",
        "sourceUrl": "https://www.defy.co.za/content/dam/defy-rainbow-za-aem/defy-rainbow-za-aemProductCatalog/product-documents/8100230015-DTL-165/en-US-8100230015-MDM2-USER-MANUAL-FILE-en-US.pdf",
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        "caveat": "This E1 meaning and owner path are limited to Defy top-loader model DTL165 in the reviewed regional manual; confirm the complete model because DTL160 and other controls have separate documentation.",
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      "shortMeaning": "Defy's DTL165 manual documents E8 as a communication failure that requires authorised service.",
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      "confidence": "official",
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        "verifiedAt": "2026-07-30",
        "caveat": "This E8 meaning and direct-service boundary are limited to Defy top-loader model DTL165 in the reviewed regional manual; do not infer the same control architecture on another model.",
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