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iRobot Roomba S9 Plus: Roomba S9 Plus Making Error 2 With Clean Roller Brushes

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:19:02 -0700

Recently, I have been noticing that my Roomba S9 Plus makes an intermittent whining noise. The Roomba frequently stops and mentions Error 2 for stuck roller brushes, even though the brushes appear clean and spin freely by hand. If anyone has ideas to help fix the issue, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Just an update,

I found the issue. Seems like the gearbox of the cleaning head that spins the rollers is most likely starting to fail. It is not easy to find a good cleaning head for the S9 Plus. But I did find the roller brush motor assembly itself on some platforms like eBay. However, I cannot find any repair guides for installing this. So what now?

⟐ Edited by author Kasım 29, 2025 at 12:19 GMT-7

Irobot Roomba 980: Roomba gets "stuck" in certain locations

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:37:21 -0700

There are three locations in my house where my 981 consistently gets "stuck" and requires a job restart. Since I'm not usually home when he runs, this has become very old.

1) A location in my kitchen where there are no obvious obstacles. There is a low pile entry rug, that's it.

2) Leaving Bathroom #1 where there is a transition threshold from tile to wood flooring, a drop of about 1/2".

3) Leaving Bathroom #2 where there is a similar transition with less of a drop.

Measures taken:

1) Brand new, OEM battery.

2) I have disassembled way down (to exposed PCBs). Blown all dust out of everywhere. Cleaned all sensors.

3) Using a tablet, checked wifi signal at all locations. 2 and 3 are strong, 1 is less so but still not bad.

4) Ran through the BITs, all sensors passed. Even when hooked up to the USB port.

5) Endless reboots.

6) Several factory resets.

Does this ring any bells for anyone? I like Phred. I need Phred because I have a golden retreiver. I just bought new stuff (filters, etc.) for Phred. I don't want a new Phred.

⟐ Commented Kasım 24, 2024 at 11:37 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 960: error 10 left wheel, I replaced both wheels and still get error

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 06:33:05 -0700

error 10 left wheel, I replaced both wheels and still get the error message, now what?

iRobot Roomba S9 Plus: Why does my Roomba beeping and 12 white circles followed by red circle

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 12:59:47 -0700

I was gone for a couple days and my Roomba got stuck in an area it doesn't normally go to. Since then I can not get it to work. The lid circles white 12 times then has a lower and higher beep. Then lid then goes red for about 4 seconds. The cycle then repeats until I remove the battery. I have removed the left and right wheels and even the front bumper and still continues with the same pattern. At one point I got an Error 24 message and no reporting since. Any suggestions as to what is the solution or other things to try resolve this?

iRobot Roomba S9 Plus: Error code 26. Still not working and have replaced the head module as

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 19:42:25 -0700

My S9 Plus keep saying that there is an error 26 and I have replaced the head module, air filters, and then a complete thorough cleaning of all parts.

iRobot Roomba 690: My roomba circles and goes backwards like it doesn’t know what to do.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:39:54 -0700

My roomba 690 goes backwards and circles like it doesn’t know what to do. I’ve replaced new cliff sensors, wheels, bumper sensors, IR sensor, and the rim that has the tiny bulbs. I’ve reset it and am wondering is it most likely the mother board? Could it be the battery? Any help would be appreciated.

iRobot Roomba 690: Replacement Battery for iRobot Roomba 690?

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:08:11 -0700

Hey Fixers,

I am looking for the replacement battery for the iRobot Roomba 690. The iFixit site has a battery for the 691, but I’m not sure if it’s the same format since the 691 originally spec’d to have a 60 minute runtime and the 690 has a 90 minute runtime.

Does anyone know if the iFixit battery is the same as the 90 minute Li-ion from iRobot? Thanks!

iRobot’s official site lists:

Roomba® 1800 Lithium Ion Battery, Item # 4502233, $89.99, but no further battery specs.

iFixit’s site lists:

iRobot Roomba Battery for 680, 681, and 691, Item code: IF361-012-1, $59.99

Part #: 4502233, 4374392

Watt Hours: 74.88 Wh

Voltage: 14.4 V

Milliamp Hours: 5200 mAh

⟐ Edited Aralık 29, 2023 at 11:08 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 655 Pet Series: Error 3 while trying to charge the battery.

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:46:46 -0700

The battery is not getting charged. It shows error 3 while trying to charge. I have tried to reset the program by simultaneously pressing the 2 buttons for over 10 seconds as recommended. The error 3 shows up when trying to charge.

The problem started after changing the battery. I was able to charge 3 or 4 times after changing the battery. I was advised to clean the contacts which I did but the error 3 still shows.

⟐ Edited by author Nisan 28, 2020 at 10:46 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 655 Pet Series: Why Roma goes around in circles

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:26:48 -0700

Roomba won’t go forward

⟐ Edited Şubat 03, 2019 at 17:26 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 770: battery will not charge charge error 5

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:21:56 -0700

Charging error 5, will not charge in dock or directly plugged in. Scraped contacts and replaced battery.

Thanks

Jordan

⟐ Commented Eylül 26, 2018 at 11:21 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 655 Pet Series: My roomba makes a clicking noise and dosent charge

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 17:34:15 -0700

My roomba dosent charge.I dock in but it makes a clicking sound and keeps blinking and dosent charge.

⟐ Commented Haziran 28, 2018 at 17:34 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 561: Why won't my roomba dock and charge

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:10:55 -0700

Hi I have a Roomba 561. I hadn't used it for a while and couldn't get the battery to charge when I went to use it. Now I have put a new battery in and it still wouldn't charge so I bought new charger. It now charges with direct connection. It still wouldn't dock. It would move into the station go back and forth and back or turn out of it . I cleaned all of the connectors and ordered a new docking station when that didn't work. Got new docking station todayband roomba does the same thing. Not sure what else to do. It all worked fine a year ago when I last used it.

Hope you can help ,

Thx

Kathy

⟐ Edited Aralık 29, 2023 at 11:10 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 860: No suction Roomba 860 less than one year old

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:47:42 -0700

The suction has quit on our roomba 860 we’ve had for less than a year. The beaterbars are flinging some debris into the canister, but the majority of hair, dust, etc. just sits on the cusp of the canister so when you go to empty it all the debris spills everywhere (fun).

After a cursory search I haven’t found any links or similar questions.

How do we fix this??

iRobot Roomba 655 Pet Series: My side brush will not stay screwed in during use...why?

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:40:31 -0700

This happens on a daily basis, the screws used are supplied by the vendor.

It started when I noticed one of the 3 brushes had been 90 percent torn off.

I replaced the brush assy, screwed it back on, but I kept finding it and the screw unattached in the house. Its like the socket is stripped. Whats a gal to do?

Also…

The entire front wheel assy will easily drop out of the bottom of my Roomba, even if I pick it up! Why is this?

⟐ Answered Aralık 30, 2023 at 14:40 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba S9 Plus: What is error code 15 and 31

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 02:15:55 -0700

What is error code 15 &31

⟐ Answer accepted Kasım 17, 2025 at 2:15 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 560: ERROR 10 - without a good reason

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:11:57 -0700

I am hoping one of you techno geeks (like me) may be able to help me with solve a Roomba ERROR issue.

I mod Rooba 560/650s to act as a powerful UVC sterilization robot.

I pull all the motors, blowers and brushes and replace it with a custom UVC bulb.

If its bacteria or Viruses . . . .we kill it. (after two passes)

Overall - it works great . . .

[b]PROBLEM: we are getting ERROR 10's when we try to run it in a larger open area - say 20 X 20.

IT is definitely NOT a wheel issue or jam as the code would indicate.

This is some other issue that stops the robot in its tracks and ERROR 10's.

I am thinking it just gets to far from its base OR it went to far without seeing a wall or obstruction. I am trying NOT to add a virtual wall or obstructions to make the robot happy. Perhaps there is a small circuit I can add to make it think it has seen a wall or obstruction?

Can anyone help me figure out why my Roombas (Germbots) error out like this.

More - over - I am willing to give a $500.00 finders fee to anyone who comes up with a solution for me. (for real)

Bruce Winkler

608-215-0031

germbot

Posts: 1

Joined: 18 minutes ago

⟐ Answered Aralık 06, 2020 at 21:11 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 400: Brushes making ratcheting sound, not sucking up dirt

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:25:01 -0700

Recently my old roomba started making intermittent high pitched sound, along with a ratchety sound. It goes all over, and is not throwing an error, but the bin is empty afterward. Took it partially apart, blew all the accumulated dirt out, cleaned it up, but no improvement. Ideas?

⟐ Answered Ekim 13, 2025 at 7:25 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba J7 Plus: Roomba J7+ doesn’t work

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:22:39 -0700

I have roomba J7+ that doesn’t work. When on the charger the light just spins endlessly. It won’t let me reset it when I hold the button down for 10sec or 20 or 30….. as soon as it comes off the charger the light stop spinning. And then will go back to spinning once placed back on the charger. I have tried cleaning it taking apart, emptying out all of the filters and chambers cleaning the wheels and the brushes and I’ve even removed the battery and put the battery back in. Nothing changes.

⟐ Commented Ekim 27, 2024 at 10:22 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 692: Help - Has anyone already done this?

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:29:19 -0700

My Roomba 692 lights up the CLEAM key in green but it doesn't move, nor does an error message appear, either manually or via the APP. It turns on and does nothing. can anybody help me???

⟐ Commented Temmuz 23, 2024 at 6:29 GMT-7

iRobot Roomba 770: The handle has broken off, how do I install a new one?

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:42:01 -0700

The handle to my Roomba broke and I need to replace it. How do I put a new one in?

⟐ Answered Mart 02, 2024 at 8:42 GMT-7