Robot mower "cutting system blocked" but appears clear.

[MG-FIDO]

Hi all,

We bought a robot mower in August, a Gardena Sileno+ which I understand is largely a rebadged Husqvana. Other than cutting it's wire a few times initially or beaching on an apple it has worked well. Now however I'm getting a "cutting system blocked" error message despite there being no obvious debris underneath. I've tried cleaning the underside, replacing the blades, removing the cutting disc and turning it on and off for various lengths of time with no joy.

When I set it going again it spends what seems like 20 minutes going backwards and forwards 5-10 feet with the cutting motor only occasionally being audible for a split second. If I enter test mode and try the cutting motor the same thing happens- it either doesn't spin or spins momentarily.

I can't really find anything about this problem on the net besides someone on the Pistonheads robot mower thread posting something similar about their McCulloch robot mower which sorted itself out after dismantling the machine- something I don't want to do if possible in case I void any warranty.

If anyone has any suggestions they'd be gratefully received!

[gfreeman]

Try Gardena helpline? - it may need a factory reset to sort out its foibles...

[MG-FIDO]

Thanks for the suggestion, that was going to be my next step after consulting the combined wisdom of Pistonheads. In case anyone searches in the future, I told the mower to park for the rest of the evening and it decided to come back out as usual the next morning as if nothing had ever happened!

[Mimosa49]

Hello, I am currently experiencing the same problem, have you solved your problem and if so how? thank you in advance for your return. Patrick

[Ledaig]

Here's a youtube video from around the same time as the original post if it helps:

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