{ "$schema": "robofaults-fault-record/v0", "kind": "symptom", "brand": "roomba", "page_en": "https://robofaults.com/roomba/keeps-stopping-mid-clean/", "page_es": "https://robofaults.com/es/roomba/se-detiene-a-mitad-de-limpieza/", "slug": "keeps-stopping-mid-clean", "slug_es": "se-detiene-a-mitad-de-limpieza", "device_type": "vacuum", "title_en": "Roomba keeps stopping mid-clean", "title_es": "El Roomba se detiene a mitad de limpieza", "severity": "warn", "severity_note_en": "rooms end up half-cleaned; the robot itself is safe", "severity_note_es": "las habitaciones quedan a medio limpiar; el robot no corre peligro", "series": [ "600", "e", "i", "j", "s" ], "tools_en": "none", "tools_es": "ninguna", "time_min": 15, "difficulty": "easy", "safety": "none", "safety_note_en": "", "safety_note_es": "", "meaning_en": "Random mid-clean stops usually trace to dirty cliff sensors — the robot thinks it's at a stair edge and freezes. Wipe the sensor windows underneath, clean wheels and bumper, and check battery health in the app.", "meaning_es": "Las paradas a mitad de limpieza suelen deberse a sensores de desnivel sucios — el robot cree que está al borde de una escalera y se detiene. Limpia las ventanas de los sensores por debajo, las ruedas y el parachoques, y revisa la batería en la app.", "causes": [ { "title_en": "Dirty cliff sensors", "title_es": "Sensores de desnivel sucios", "detail_en": "Dust on the sensor windows fakes a drop-off. The robot halts or announces a move-to-a-new-area message in the middle of open floor.", "detail_es": "El polvo en las ventanas de los sensores simula un desnivel. El robot se para o pide moverlo a otra zona en mitad de un suelo despejado.", "likelihood": "most_common" }, { "title_en": "Debris jamming wheels or brushes", "title_es": "Suciedad bloqueando ruedas o cepillos", "detail_en": "Stall protection cuts the run when a wheel or the main brush can't turn — often hair, a sock, or a charging cable.", "detail_es": "La protección contra bloqueos corta la limpieza cuando una rueda o el cepillo principal no puede girar — a menudo pelo, un calcetín o un cable de carga.", "likelihood": "common" }, { "title_en": "Aging battery", "title_es": "Batería envejecida", "detail_en": "Runs get shorter month by month until the robot dies away from the dock instead of finishing.", "detail_es": "Las sesiones se acortan mes a mes hasta que el robot se apaga lejos de la base en vez de terminar.", "likelihood": "common" }, { "title_en": "Dark floors or rugs", "title_es": "Suelos o alfombras oscuros", "detail_en": "Black surfaces absorb the infrared beam, so the cliff sensors read them as a ledge and the robot refuses to cross.", "detail_es": "Las superficies negras absorben el haz infrarrojo, los sensores de desnivel las leen como un precipicio y el robot se niega a cruzar.", "likelihood": "uncommon" }, { "title_en": "Stops with no error shown", "title_es": "Paradas sin error visible", "detail_en": "j series robots have a documented pattern of stopping silently — iRobot's fix path is cleaning sensors, rebooting, and updating firmware.", "detail_es": "Los j series tienen un patrón documentado de paradas silenciosas — la vía oficial es limpiar sensores, reiniciar y actualizar el firmware.", "likelihood": "rare" } ], "steps": [ { "title_en": "Wipe every cliff sensor window", "title_es": "Limpia todas las ventanas de los sensores de desnivel", "detail_en": "Flip the robot and go over each window along the front underside with a dry microfiber cloth.", "detail_es": "Da la vuelta al robot y repasa cada ventana del borde frontal inferior con un paño de microfibra seco." }, { "title_en": "Free the wheels and brushes", "title_es": "Libera ruedas y cepillos", "detail_en": "Cut away wrapped hair, spin each wheel by hand, and check the main brush turns without effort.", "detail_es": "Corta el pelo enrollado, gira cada rueda con la mano y comprueba que el cepillo principal se mueve sin esfuerzo." }, { "title_en": "Clear the bumper", "title_es": "Despeja el parachoques", "detail_en": "Tap it briskly 15–20 times, alternating sides, then blow compressed air into the gap between bumper and body.", "detail_es": "Golpéalo con suavidad 15–20 veces alternando lados y sopla aire comprimido en la ranura entre parachoques y cuerpo." }, { "title_en": "Watch one full run in the app", "title_es": "Observa una limpieza completa en la app", "detail_en": "Note the exact message, light pattern, or beep count when it stops — that turns a vague symptom into a specific error you can look up.", "detail_es": "Anota el mensaje exacto, el patrón de luces o el número de pitidos al detenerse — convierte un síntoma vago en un error concreto que puedes buscar." }, { "title_en": "Short runs? Check the battery", "title_es": "¿Sesiones cortas? Revisa la batería", "detail_en": "If it always quits with the battery near empty well before the room is done, the pack is due for replacement.", "detail_es": "Si siempre se rinde con la batería casi vacía mucho antes de acabar la habitación, toca cambiar la batería." } ], "parts": [ "roomba-battery-xlife-600", "roomba-battery-lithium-ei" ], "related_codes": [ "6", "16" ], "sources": [ { "label_en": "iRobot Support — Please inspect and clean Roomba's cliff sensors", "label_es": "Soporte de iRobot — Inspecciona y limpia los sensores de desnivel del Roomba", "url": "https://homesupport.irobot.com/s/article/639", "kind": "official" }, { "label_en": "iRobot Support — j Series Roomba Stops Running with No Error Indicator", "label_es": "Soporte de iRobot — El Roomba serie j se detiene sin indicador de error", "url": "https://homesupport.irobot.com/s/article/32642", "kind": "official" } ], "confidence": "official", "last_verified": "2026-07-05" }