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New free spirit treadmill - L5 code what does it mean?

I have just purchased and assembled a free spirit treadmill - plugged it in and it starts and appears to be working - then 10 second it shuts down and shows L5 in the time display and shows "slow speed" in the main display. I just brought this home yesterday...help!

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Yeah - the sensor is the problem... It is magnetic... You can find it next to the wheel on the belt - It is fairly small.... There is a metal disc in the wheell on the belt that is a magnet.. As it passes by the sensor - the sensor registers the magnet and can simply calculate speed based on the frequency of the passes... Sometimes the sensor slides too far back and ergo can`t register the magnet passing by - Then you get the L5 error...
Follow this link to a picture!
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/nickm/freespiritl5.html

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  • runningagain Apr 01, 2011

    i wish I could buy you a beer!!!! I'm sure you saved me quite a bit of money. this was exactly the problem for me. huge thank you!!!

  • Anonymous Oct 18, 2011

    I thought that might be my issue, too, but when i took the cover off, there was a lot of dust and hair in there so I think it was covering the sensor! I cleaned it up and it was good to go! Glad to have seen this post! THANKS!!

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    Tamara Winning Dec 12, 2013

    Mine doesnt lok exactly like that. Its a small black thing is that it?

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    Gary Scheel Apr 06, 2016

    Thank you so much for this post. I have a much older treadmill(2004) but it has the same sensor set up and your suggestion worked perfectly.

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    Mike Huhtala Mar 02, 2021

    Man, thank you so much!

  • Shelly Umlah
    Shelly Umlah Nov 13, 2021

    Thank you so much for this post! I fixed my treadmill! Yay!!!!

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This seems to be a speed sensor problem, maybe this evil alineadoo simply no longer works and must be changed. You should also check the wires that go to the card

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Yea! Thank you for this advice, fixed mine. Many thanks!!!

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