Tried starting robot vacuum but motor never spins or even attempts to. Completely silent. After about 30-60 seconds it says the lidar is blocked. I don’t think it’s the lidar being blocked; I have had that message before but the unit still starts up the motor. Voice says she’s starting, but no mot…

You are a rockstar - I removed the motor from the LIDAR sensor and saw the debris caught in the spindle (photo below). The motor turns by hand even with this amount of hair, so I didn’t think it’d be the issue, but apparently it’s too much resistance for the motor to spin it on its own. Cleaned th…

I did not check the motor connections - are there instructions for that? I don’t run it often but it’s probably old; I think I bought the first round of them when they came out. Thanks for the reply!

I guess you didn’t actually open it to check the lidar “belt”, but the lidar does spin? Might want to use compressed air to blow out the holes in lidar tower just in case. Mine started acting up even though there was no visible blockage, blowing it out took care of the issue. I agree that the vacu…

A couple more age related questions… Look at your cleaning history, how much runtime? I’m at 10,640 min, I know others with a lot more. Mine runs about twice a week (two floors). I use medium speed most of the time. What speed do you have yours set?

Less than 7k minutes. I didn’t know there were speeds but it looks like I was on the quietest setting. I did disassemble and make sure the belt was on the lidar… I assume the motor is somewhere else? I’ll check out your previous post on parts. But nothing spins or moves on its own… The lady voice …

[image] Wittwho: no lidar spin When you said motor I thought you were talking about the vacuum part specifically. Yeah, need to see why the lidar is not spinning, I’d try the battery thing first, then check the connections. Mine is currently inaccessible because reasons, but I definitely nee…

I couldn’t get to the motor under the big plastic shield, even with all the screws out it wouldn’t pop off. Was hoping for a tear down vid; looks like there might be a few online. Battery connections should be solid, just because the voice activates and lights flash; although I need to chase the one…

You want to disconnect the battery for 30 seconds to do a full hardware restart. There could be a stuck electronic charge (among other things) somewhere messing things up.

Left the battery unplugged for about 5 minutes, no difference. She talks, but no other sounds or movement come from her … Might need to try the tear down and test the motor.

[IMG_8863] Holy Crap mine has a lot of hours, but it was cleaning 4 days a week for two+ years.

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I haven’t been able to do a test run since my tear down, but I will clean the LiDAR sensor with air, the belt was still ok and it does spin.

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