My autonomous lawn mower thread/blog

We have a Gardena mower which keeps throwing up a "mower lifted" error while cutting or at its base (it's not being lifted or mounting anything). Has anyone come across this before or have any possible solutions? Many thanks in advance

It started happening after we cleaned out all the grass so maybe some grass got lodged , thanks for the suggestion

4 years into automower expenses are racking up. Think im in for over 1k between this season and last.

Battery, Docking station mother board, wheel motor, lift sensor

430x, I was unlucky I think with a slug getting into docking station and blowing circuit. €450 quid. Expensive slug

Replaced by main dealer, even rang husquavarna Ireland. They weren’t much help. Advised that it wasn’t technical fault but needs air so it’s possible for something to get in.

This might be funny, but I've changed my board twice in 6 years. I think it might be the same charge station as yours. First was 70 euro second was I think 85. Board is breeze to replace BTW.

I've now sat the unit on bed of stones to prevent moisture and slugs and I did tape up the large holes underneath.

My units in a little mower house I built so no direct sun anymore for heat.

I wouldn't bring it to a dealer. That's daylight robbery for pcb and 5 minute job

I don't have a Stihl but my Husky showed similar symptoms after 4 seasons, 4-5 years seems to be the expected lifetime of these batteries.

Husky batteries are pretty easy to change, not sure about Stihl.

Has anyone changed a lift sensor circuit board on their Husq/Gardena mower? Just wondering if this is a straight swap, parts wise, or does it need to be reprogrammed?

This is a straight swap.

I've just had the same recently, battery fully dead, swapped it for a smaller battery from Worx drill and it did the same thing, I think it's the latest firmware leaving too little in the battery to get home or not switching off properly when stuck.

Would agree the first two years were a dream compared to this summer, I put a lot of it down to the wet weather but they've messed up the firmware too much somewhere.

Fwiw the battery gave a red light on the internal charger too but if you leave it on for a while then switch off it should charge the next time you switch it on, I think it just needs a tiny amount of charge to get it going. That or the recovery charge method (put landroid in base status and turn it on, if not too dead it will start a trickle charge process)

If you contact Worx, they can guild on how to revert to old firmware. Ive found the support to be good. I had a few problems on an earlier version but the new one dated 31/7/2023 seems to have fixed the bugs.

In the app there is also an option to turn off auto updates.

Im talking about the firmware on the mower.

Only because I'd mine off for 2 weeks :)

Kids got a new football goal and she would make a mess of it.

Had to ramp it right to the top !

Has anyone come across an issue with not being able to pair a phone with a husqvarna automower?

My mother in law has a Husqvarna 315X and is having issues with pairing her phone with it. She broke her phone and had to get a new phone. The mower now seems to be in an endless loop of searching for a signal and then timing out. The phone doesnt seem to be able to pick up the automower either. My wife and I tried with our phones to and made no difference.

She called into the dealer and they muttered something about a very poor signal out "your way" and "sur drop it in and we will look at it".

Any suggestions on may be issue and possible solutions?

Make sure phone has latest OS updates and latest app. Restart phone & mower before pairing.

If you factory reset do you need the original pin code?

Definitely, weathers warm bright and moist. I think growing season will be pushed further into the year. As a new normal. Tbh I run mine into November most years anyway.

When do people tend to bring in their mowers? Are they in already for some or you?

Your lawn has poor drainage then and not enough grass coverage.

This should have improved with your use of these mowers overtime. I.e grass everywhere with little gaps mulching helps this along.

You could probably do with using sand in spots to help improve drainage. Drill holes pour sand down them in various spots across the lawn.

Dryer grown that's grass covers has excellent grip , boggy ground with mix of patch or longer than normal grass will not. Ideal slipping conditions.