Roomba iRobot How to troubleshoot Not charging

Here is a basic guide to troubleshoot why your roomba robot vacuum cleaner might not be charging.

Battery Replacement

Roomba Charger

New robot

[TheFarmMom-Nan]

Omg! The whole time I thought mine didn’t charge and broke and let it sit in a closet for 2 years without using it. Until I found your video and you said “if it’s not lighting, it in a sleep mode” 😅 now mine full charged and working again… thanks a TON for a video

[claudiamcnal]

Very clear n you explained the issues very easily. Thank you!

I was ready to throw my great machine away bc it was hard to figure out if it was truly charging n waited for hours to see it hadn’t charged at ALL!

[jessicacantler]

My Roomba has a port on the side. So that means I need the base like the one you have on the left? I got mine second hand and I'm having a hard time charging.

[raoulcarggarglin]

I found one that hadn't been used in 10 or so years in a bag in my Mother's laundry room. Dirty as heck. Wiped off the surface dust on the unit and the charger and plugged in the charger and set the unit on the dock. After 5 minutes or so I got an Err5 message. Repeatedly. Looked it up-related to battery. Disassembled and pulled battery out. Found one contact and one terminal corroded. Polished them with Mother's magnesium cream. THAT worked. Then after charging over night I set it on it's way cleaning. A couple of minutes later it said "Error 2 -open the cage and clean the brushes" ( something like that ). I turned it over and the brushes looked fine. I took the brushes out and also pried the piece they sit in out and took the screws off the side that has the motor to turn the brushes. GOOD LORD was it ever packed with hair and fur and old grease! Spent an hour cleaning up the pieces and the six cogs packed with crud.
Put it back together and she's running like a champ. ( though I do need to by a side brush unit as that stopped after 30 seconds. 😀

[wendihall]

Did all your suggestions, including a new battery, and I still can get it to boot. I have a #655. What else to try?

[fric]

Hi, I have a Roomba 511 it’s an older model does not have a port. I replaced it the battery recently and cleaned the machine now the new battery isn’t being detected.

[teehee]

Hi there, how do i fix charging error 3 on roomba 531? Pls help, i cleaned up everything n yet, it still kept telling me the same charging error 3. Thanks in advance 4 ur assistance

[dianetownsend]

511 model says error 7 charging error. Plug in charger at side of robot. Any suggestions? Help center says it can't be fixed after i sprnt $ to try a new battery

[mattgehrke]

My roomba 670 will randomly turn on while on the the charger. I don't keep it plugged I'm 24/7 tho do u think that could be the reason why it randomly turns on?

[helengastin]

Hi there,
Thanks for your video.
My irobot 630 seems to charge but the only runs for 30 secs and says "charge roomba." Can you suggest anything please?

[jlgruenewald]

Does it throw out a code if the battery is bad

[karenbagley]

I have a 650 roomba and I've cleaned everything but it keeps saying error 1

[waynejacobs]

675 model Ok cleaned everything installed new battery attempted to charge green clean light on. red empty battery light blinking and red triangle blinking and
roomba saids error 8
8

[intentionallyblank]

This was exactly my problem. Thank you for the information and really great strait forward video

[manlyj]

My problem it starts to charge then the lights go off on port

[najathaleem]

Hi . Mine has a red light blinking and an orange battery blinking and I cleaned it and checked it still not charging. How can you help me thank you.

[michaeldesmith]

You didn’t even touch the other one. The one I had questions about!

[Sunnyjimm]

My 690 charges on the right one. Just say.