I'd like to thank Kathy for doing the recall work on my bot as fast as she did.. I was starting to wonder if I was going to have to hire someone to cut my lawn while it was away.
Also, I see why everyone removed their blade guard, it really does reduce the (already to low) cutting height.
And now for my WOOHOO \o/ moment.. After complaining about my bots poor quality, I finally feel like I beat the system (just a little bit). I had no intention of doing the recall as I personally thought it was a complete waste. I treat my lawnbott with the same respect I would treat a push power, chain saw, table saw, etc.. ya'know, anything with the ability to cut fingers off. Last week, I went out to see my bot stopped in the middle of the yard. When I turned it back on, doing the starting sequence, it gave a left motor error. Now, I'm used to these messages and normally accept it as a "time for a deep motor maintenance". So, I tore it down, brought the wheel motors in the house and tore them down. Cleaned and repacked the gearboxes with new grease. Well, I put the left motor on and received the same error. Uh oh, I thought, not another motor.. so I tried it on the right and it worked fine.. I put the right motor on the left and received the message again. Dang.. looks like the left motor controller went out.
That's when I heard the "DING" inside my head. I hopped on the phone and called Kathy to see if the recall replaced the motherboard.. Lucky for me, it did! Sent it in for the recall work and BINGO! Just saved myself $800!
