Language selection mode
Your Roomba can provide troubleshooting messages in English, French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Russian,
Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
Setting the language
The default language is English. To change this:
1. Turn ON your Roomba by pressing CLEAN.
2. Press and hold DOCK until it beeps and says the current language.
3. Release DOCK.
4. Now press CLEAN repeatedly until you hear the language you want.
5. Press and hold CLEAN to turn off your Roomba and confirm language choice.
Ensure your Roomba’s
wheels are firmly on the floor.
Start in a new location.
Your Roomba’s main
brushes can’t turn.
Error 1. Move Roomba
to a new location then
press CLEAN to restart.
Your Roomba is stuck
with a wheel hanging
down.
Error 2. Open Roomba’s
brush cage and clean
brushes.
Error 5. Spin Roomba’s
side wheels to clean.
Error 6. Move Roomba
to a new location then
press CLEAN to restart.
Error 7. Spin Roomba’s
side wheels to clean.
Error 9. Tap Roomba’s
bumper to clean.
Error 10. Spin Roomba’s
side wheels to clean.
Please charge
Roomba.
Your Roomba’s
battery Isn’t
connected.
Your Roomba
has a charging
error.
Your Roomba
has a charging
error.
Your Roomba
has a charging
error.
Your Roomba
has a charging
error.
Your Roomba’s
battery Isn’t
cooling.
Charging error 7
Charging error 6
Charging error 5
Charging error 3
Charging error 2
Charging error 1
Err 7
Err 6
Err 5
Err 3
Err 2
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7 blinks
6 blinks
5 blinks
3 blinks
2 blinks
1 blink
Your Roomba
blinks...
Your Roomba
blinks and says…
Your Roomba
displays...
Likely cause
Your Roomba
says...
What to do
Likely
cause...
What to do
Remove and clean your
Roomba’s brushes.
Your Roomba’s side
wheel is stuck.
Clean your Roomba’s side
wheels. Push them in and
out and check that they
both turn freely. Start in a
new location.
Your Roomba’s cliff
sensors are dirty or
your Roomba is
hanging over a drop.
Wipe your Roomba’s cliff
sensors with a dry cloth.
Start in a new location.
Your Roomba’s side
wheel is stuck.
Clean your Roomba’s side
wheels of hair and debris. Push
them in and out and check that
they both turn freely.
Start in a new location.
Your Roomba’s bumper
is compressed or the
bumper sensor is dirty.
Briskly tap your Roomba’s
bumper several times to
dislodge any debris that
may be trapped underneath.
Your Roomba’s side
wheel is stuck or its
bumper isn’t detecting
obstacles.
If your Roomba is circling in
one place, clean side wheels.
Push them in and out and
check that they both turn. If
it’s not circling in one place,
Roomba may be in a very large
room. Use a Virtual Wall to
create a smaller cleaning area.
Your Roomba’s battery
is dead.
Plug your Roomba into the
charger or place it on the
Home Base to charge.
Check that you
removed pull-tab
from the battery.
Remove the bat-
tery cover of your
Roomba to remove
& reinstall battery.
Let your Roomba
cool down for at
least an hour & try
charging again.
Let your Roomba
cool down for at
least an hour & try
charging again.
Reset Roomba’s
software
(pg13)
and
try charging again.
Reset Roomba’s
software
(pg13)
and
try charging again.
Let your Roomba
cool down for at
least an hour & try
charging again.
Problem solving
| When running or charging
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Problems while cleaning
Problems while charging
