Kaercher WV2 - fix Won’t Start, green LED flashing
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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Update:
Several people have commented that they have used other items like q-tips or pens to move the blower wheel. So If you don’t have a tie wrap readily available, you could try to use another long thin object :-)
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My Kaercher WV2 didn’t want to start, and the green LED was just flashing rapidly when the button was pushed.
Please feel free to leave a comment if any questions :-)
Hope it can help anyone with the same issue.
May God’s peace be upon you 😃
Thank you so much. I was actually looking at purchasing a new one today for £60. I've had mine for around 5 years now. Your cable tie trick has has worked. You're a star 👍⭐⭐
Came back from holiday. Exact same problem. Took 30 seconds to fix, after watching your video.
Thank you.
You are a genius!! You helped me fix my Kaercher WV in a minute!! Thank you!!!
You will be happy to know that your video solved the problem with my Karcher and prevented me from spending money on an unnecessary new battery. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your feedback :-) You are quite right! I’m rather happy that I’ve been able to help you to save your karcher from the landfill:-) And that you managed to save it :-) Good job 👍 Between all the viewers of this video combined, I recon we must have saved many hundreds if not thousands of these window washers :-D I commend you for doing research and not just bin it! 👍
People like you make the world a better place. Thanks for sharing and helping me keep 50 euros in my pocket!
😂🤣 happy to help :-D
I bought this Vac last year, stopped working after 2 uses and ended up buying another. Just got that out for the 3rd time and the same issue. Now I’ve watched your video, I now have 2 working vacs 🤦🏻
Thank you 🙏
Happy to help :-) How long was it between the second to last and last use?
Top advice! Used a little screwdiver and pressed softly the white motorwheel inside a little bit. My Vac is alive again! Thanks.
I used a very thin screwdriver and pushed on the little white wheel to get it to turn. It worked first time, fantastic, thanks.
Just wanted to thank you for posting this invaluable vlog on UA-cam. Our fully charged Karcher stopped working exactly like you described and thought we'd have to pay for an expensive repair, or even buy a new one. We found this vlog completely by chance, followed your instructions and now our glass cleaner works perfectly. Thank you so much! You stopped a headache and saved us a lot of money. Top man!
Thanks for the feedback! :-) Makes me happy that you saved it from being binned:-) Good job!
This has worked twice for me now. Thank you very much 👍
I was upset that it broke within a few months of buying this product, but I fixed it after watching your UA-cam. Awesome thank you :)
Bless you! I was sitting above my Karcher for hours watching the green blinking light totally cluelessly.... but this video solved it quickly and easily. Thousand thanks!
Same problem - your solution worked !! Clearly a design fault with the Karcher machine (judging by the number of comments below) ... but thanks for providing an excellent work-around. 😀
Yeah, must be! Or, people should just clean their windows way more often :-P I’m guessing it gets stuck when left unused for a long period of time.. One thing is obvious! : there’s a lot of people staying home, cleaning their windows these days:-P I’m pleased the fix worked for you as well :-)
I would guess they use some kind of lower quality grease that gets stuck. After spinning mine and resolving the issue you can hear it is louder and crunchier. I am pondering on disabling and looking into greasing the wheel.
There are other videos in this very same issue where they disassemble them completely. A bit more work, but if it sounds more crunchier, I would definitely agree! A crunchy fan probably won’t last long 😕
Brilliant. After being told by Karcher that my vac was out of warranty and no repair available so buy a new product, I tried this trick and had it working again in 5 minutes. Thank you.
That's brilliant! :-) One should think they would have heard of this problem by now... Disappointing
I swear to to god, I am amazed!!
I thought I was going to have to buy a new one and it’s only a couple years old.
Thank goodness for people like you who post these videos because I wouldn’t have had a clue what to do, I had it fixed in under one minute 👏 🙏 😘
🤣🤣 great to hear 🙂 I wouldn’t have a clue either!! Did some googling into the matter, found only long complicated solutions, but God created me lazy, so I just stabbed at it with a tie wrap instead 😆😆 have a great day, and enjoy your refurbished window vac ;-)
@@SourceOfObesity 😂 my kind of DIY!
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Thanks to this video for the first time in my marriage, I am the favourite son-in-law
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Just about to throw my cleaner away after trying all sorts of fixes when I came across your video tip. Two minutes later I have a working machine. Thanks you!
Hehe, I was about to do the same when I had the problem :-P thank you for your feedback :-)
Thank you SO much for your video tip. I was about to think I had to throw away my machine which wouldn’t work - when I found your solution. It took me less than a minute to have a working machine again! Thank you thank you!
Awesome thanks!!
Got in touch with Karcher,They told me to send it to them to fix and then I just thought of having a look on here anyway.Wow.What a man you are..Saved me a whole lot of hassle.I owe you a good few beers man,lol,Cheers,Jim from Glasgow.
Nae bother mate ;-) :-D happy to be of service :-)
wow I cannot thank you enough! I have messed with it for days drying it out etc and i literally just fixed it in 2 seconds with the handle of a teaspoon just moving the wheel slightly . I was off to buy a new one tomorrow after I read so many other replies on the net saying its a beyond repair so I am delighted to find your video just in time. a million thanks!
Mate, you are a genius and a life saver, worked almost immediately, without you and UA-cam probably would have ended up binning it! Thank you!
Absolutely amazing! This worked for me too! Thank you sooo much as I thought my Karcher was dead. Cheers 🤩
Having watched a few other videos and ready for the big strip down, thank goodness I changed my search wording to LED flashing fast, and this video popped up. What a touch not to have to waste loads of time tearing it apart, when this fix only took all of 49 seconds,, roughly lol. Thanks SOB, for sharing this huge time saving info. :-)
The easiest fix I ever done ✅
Karcher fixed. Thank you so much! Greetings from Poland ❤
Thank you, that’s my Karcher window vac fixed. It suddenly stopped whilst using it on my Rolls Royce Silver Shadow which is always filling up with water and condensation inside. The Karcher is the only thing that will clear the windows, I never leave without it. Thanks again.
Sounds like quite an essential tool for the Silver Shadow ;-) Be sure to bring some kind of tool/item to get it unstuck again, as several of the commenters here have experienced the window vac fan getting stuck again after some time.
Stay safe and keep those windows nice and dry :-) Those Silver Shadows look proper nice and classic! (I had to Google it :-P )
This is amazing! Thank you so much. I used a reusable straw brush cleaner as i didn't have anything else on hand. Back working perfectly again!
Thank you!
Fantastic, thank you. I thought the device was a goner. Now it works perfectly.
Thanks! Just about to throw ours in the bin and hubby said ‘look on You Tube’ - tools a few attempts but now I have a working machine
Thanks for sharing. Your simple solution worked for me. Very happy to have the Karcher working again!
Unreal. My karcher wasnt working for 2 years, partner suggested a quick Google before I throw it out. Found your video and 3 minutes later my karcher is working 😂 I used a piece of wire as I didnt have a cable tie. Thank you so much for posting!
Thanks so much! I cannot tell you how many I have returned because of them not working and your video is a life saver. It now works perfectly again!
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Fantastic.....thought I’d have to shell out for a new battery..two minutes later up and running Thank you x
Brilliant. Worked like a charm. Was looking up battery replacement videos and figuring my WV2 was bound for the rubbish. This fixed it in 10sec. Thanks very much
I looked at the Kärcher manual for the WV2 trying to find a solution but it was completely useless. Then I found your video and your trick worked! Thank you so much for this. I bet you have helped a ton of people save money by not having to buy a new one.
Happy to help:-) It feels kind of great knowing we saved yet another one from going to the landfill😀 Great job mate 👍
I am so grateful. I also had the flashing green light and it would not turn on. I also had a zip-tie available so followed your technique and it solved the problem for me, just like all these other commenters. For other users, I had to use the thick end of the zip tie before I succeeded.
So wonderful to see all these people confirming your fix.
Thank you for the feedback Matthew :-) When I uploaded the video, I had no idea this many people would have the same issue! It amazes me that so many of the machines are faulty :-/ I really appreciate the feedback, cause I now know the video helped you :-) thanks :-) And good luck with the cleaning ;-)
Many thanks. Worked first time and saved £50. Appreciate your help.
This vid is absolutely God sent, I was about to bin my karcher window vacuum cleaner until I watched your vid and revived it. Many thanks for sharing.
Makes sense, as I am a child of God ;-) My pleasure :-)
Thank you was going to bin my Karcher because it wouldnt work, but after following your instructions it's back to full working order.
Thanks
Thank you so much me too it was a goner till I watched this Ur great Ty worked first time
Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for posting this. Lol, even a 71 year old Grandma managed this, thanks to you ... and I even found a cable tie to do it! That's made my day.
Hehe :-) I’m glad to hear that :-) Good luck washing your windows :-)
What a Legend! You have just saved me having to buy a new unit.. thank you so much..
Thought my unit was scrap, having not used the device in approx. half a year I instantly expected the battery to be dead.
Of course being just out of warranty as well as bought from some odd web store the future seemed bleak, but this fixed the issue :)
You clever lad. I was about to throw mine away and look to buy a new one but just saw your video thought there may be a quick fix and hey presto that has worked perfectly well for me.. thank you very much for taking the time to post a video. Regards Garry
You lil beauty! Thought I had to scrap mine and within 2 mins it's working again....thank you! 👍👍👍👍👍
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I thought it was the battery i found your video it works great job Thank you
About to bin mine when found your video, its ALIVE!!!! Thank you.
N J Willis 🤣 I'm so happy to be of service 😁 There’s been quite a bit of people in your situation, so it makes me happy that a short video from a basement in Norway can save the lives of so many Kaerchers :-) :-p Good luck with the cleaning and thank you for the feedback ;-)
Same thing here - trick with just moving the spinning part solved the issue :) well done. Thank you for the video.
My Karcher window cleaner wasn’t working this morning and I watched this video and it now works. I had to use a larger cable tie as a similar size in the video didn’t seem to work. The motor slowly came back with a few small hiccups but it now works although it has a slight ringing sound now so hopefully I haven’t damaged the mechanism. Great video 👍🏻
Incredible 👌🏻 worked an absolute treat and got it up and running again within 2mins of watching the video !!!
omg I just fixed mine!😲 I used a q-tip because it wasn’t working for me with the tie wrap. I kept on pushing with the q-tip, I hear a click sound and that's it. It works! I almost threw it away! 😅 thank you!
Great thought I’d have to replace it but this simple truck worked, I used a thin screwdriver and a torch to see the wheel ... perfect
Wow this was super helpful, it didn't work for me, but I opened it up cleaned the little motor and work fine now. So awesome
Window vac stopped working yesterday. Thank goodness I googled! I watched your video & at 1st try it’s fixed. Thank you!! Concise & easy to follow 👍
Fantastic! Thank you!
Even a 72 year old widow could follow your instructions easily to success!! 😊
Worked a treat, thanks... the power of UA-cam
Excellent, just fixed mine in 2 minutes flat. Great tip. Works a treat.
Worked!. Used the earbud as suggested and bent the end so that it had more traction to move the wheel.
Unit stopped working after a big spring clean so I assume this has a design flaw that when the wheel dries out whilst charging overnight it ceases up.
Second unit, the original completely failed as my best guess was it was used upside down for a bit and water reportedly ingresses into the insides, and breaks it entirely.
Worked perfectly, I do not need to go to the service now. Great video. Thank you!
Worked a treat for me, I have a slightly different model (WV5) but with a bit of jiggery-pokery with a tie wrap down the air duct it’s working a treat. Many thanks for the heads up 👍
Thanks so much! You really need the cable tie bent so it goes right back on itself when you poke it in the hole!
This video was a massive help!
Thank you! I couldn't get the zip tie trick to work, but tried the small screwdriver and yes.....we are back in business. This is the third Karcher window vac I've had. The first two got returned and replaced for the same reason. Seems like a common problem!
Aye, it definitely seems like a common problem. I find it strange that Karcher does not fix the issue, it’s been reported that newer models than I’ve got has the same issue. The video has now got over 42 000 views, so if that many people are experiencing the same issue, one could indeed call it a common problem. Glad I could be of help :-) Thank you for your feedback :-) God bless
That looked too easy but worked like a charm. I feel like a hero and happy as a child :) Thank You!
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Wow! Thanks for sharing this tip. A couple of months ago, I bought a replacement for an unresponsive unit. Used the new one only once, after which it also stopped working. Just fixed the new one, and am hoping I didn't chuck out the old one. Thank you; you've made my day.
My pleasure! :-) Good job on saving one, potentially two window vacs from being binned😀 thanks for your feedback:-) it amazes me that also new ones seizes up.. thanks :-)
@@SourceOfObesity It's good news, bad news I'm afraid. Now it won't charge. I bought it in June and have used it twice! I did find the other one, and it doesn't charge either. I may return the newer one under warranty.
@@DownwindDec gah! That sucks :-/ Just to check, did you try to use the same charger on both?
@@SourceOfObesity Yep, I tried both chargers on both devices. Just once today the newer unit gave a single blink on connection. I suspect I must have let the water level rise above Max, as I believe that can lead to damage of the charging circuit.
@@DownwindDec gah:-/ Hope you can get the newer one sorted under warranty:-) Best of luck
First I didn't believe that this was going to work but then I tried it and it really worked !!! Thanks a lot. 👍👏🏼🤗
You are a Legend big man, fixed mine in 2 mins.
Fixed in 5 seconds flat, thanks very much!
You sir, are an absolute legend!
Worked straight away!
I'm happy to hear that it did the trick :-) another window washer saved from the landfill and a handful of dollars saved :-) yeay :-) good job ;-)
Here I was about to fully disassemble mine, this worked like a charm! Thank you
You are a genius! Absolutely top chap....fixed my washer in seconds. Thank you.
😁😊 hehe. my pleasure 🙂
Went out and purchased another one before I saw this 😫 now I’ve got 2 that work !!!! 😁thanks anyway great video 👍
Thanks! I poked an ear bud down the hole on my Karcher and that fixed it straight away.
Dude, you deserve a medal for this!
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Thanks very much for this straight to the point and concise repair video - worked perfectly and much appreciated 👍🏻👏🏻
Was just about to buy new one. Rang katcher help line and they said motor was broken. Watched this video and after few attempts all sorted 👍thank you
I was ready to toss the thing in the bin and your video came to the rescue. Thank you for taking the time to post it!🙂
Thank you for saving another one :-)
After a little fiddling bending the cable tie as shown - this worked for me ! A+++++++
Many thanks. Was about to order screwdriver and replacement battery to attemp fix as assumed battery gone, when came across your video. One cable tie later and all working. :-)
That's brilliant :-) thanks for the feedback :-)
Boom. Dropped mine... Was about to bin it and found this... And it worked 😁👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tip,was about to throw away the cleaner, while in bed thought one last try, came across your video and followed your tips, amazing and it started to work. Many thanks.
Was about to strip down saw your video and thought I would give it a go . Glad I did , I used an angled pick 😄
Thank you soooooo much - fixed in a minute after months of thinking i had broken it :-)
Hahaha this was the easiest fix ever!
I just used a thin screwdriver and moved the wheel just a tiny bit, after that it worked immediately 😅
I was going to throw it out so thanks man!
Worked! avoided sending the thing to warranty!! Thanks a lot mate!
Nice one mate did as you recommended and its now working a treat
BRILLIANT. just fixed mine in 2 secs. Was gonna buy a new one. You’re a star 🤩
My pleasure! Congrats on your revived window washer ;-) and good luck with the cleaning :-)
Thanks heaps - thought we would have to buy a new one - but this worked and 1 minute later back up and running. Seriously thank you!
My pleasure 😁Good luck with the windows 🙂
Thanks a million. Followed your instructions and worked first time.
Yup, had the same issue, I used a bit of old cable to wiggle it and works fine again now. Thanks for the fix!
Worked for me thank you. Hardest part was finding where I'd left the cable ties.
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Others have reported that q-tips works as well :-) So you can try those if they're easier to find the next time ;-)
Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Simple fix worked perfectly and saved me buying another vac!
Thanks for this, if I hadn't seen your vid I would have a pile of useless karcher bits on my work bench by now!
Brilliant and no introduction to listen through, to the point and worked perfectly
Thank you so much:-) That was my exact goal;-)
Your method worked a treat. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant. I was about to throw my Karcher away, tried this (or rather a friend with more nimble fingers did) and it worked perfectly! Thank you so much.
My pleasure! :-) good luck with the window cleaning:-)
Brilliant ! Thank-you, thought I was going to have to have a back and forth with Kaercher ( it's less than a year old) but it's fixed thanks to your video .
It took a couple of attempts. Was starting to feel a bit deflated, and on the 3rd attempt, it worked! Thank you so much!!!
I’m happy to hear that! :-) Good luck with the cleaning :-)
Excellent tip! Worked for me as well. Thank you.
Worked for my brother. Thought it was a dead battery but the machine's fan was stuck.
Saved chucking it out or buying a refurbished body.
Thank you That was such an amazing quick repair
Thanks. Worked for me with the end of a teaspoon nudging the wheel as someone else suggested.
Thanks very much. I was on to Karcher who (outside of warranty) wanted €80 for this fix 🤦. Not a great brand for reliability. Had a pressure washer die too (no luck with the airlock clear fix) and both items just outside the 2 years. It's not like they've had a hard life either 🤷
You’re most welcome mate:-) I’m a bit surprised by the number of views this video’s got... 21 000 and climbing. And since the video has got no entertainment value what so ever, i guess one basically has to conclude that all the views are from people having the same issue. So I kinda have to agree, at least for this particular model, it doesn’t look great when it comes to reliability :-/
80 euros!?!? Wow! That’s the same price as they sell a brand new one for here in Norway! :-P Almost sounds like an Apple repair price 😜😂
Thanks a million. I had the same issue and such a simple fix, and my Karcher WV2 is now working. You are a star.
Glad it helped😊