Treadmill stops When You're on it. But only sometimes it works???

Jan 22, 2022

Symptoms: 

Long days after you started using your Treadmill. The Treadmill runs with you running on it or walking on it and then every once in awhile it's stopped. then when you get off of it, The belt starts moving again. if you step back on it stops again. 

Usually the answer is turning it off and restarting it then it runs again. You can guess it's not the motor since it works sometimes when you are on it.

Answers:

Restarting a dying treadmill just to get it working isn't a good idea. I want people to understand it's unsafe and hazardous to the machine.

If it's been shutting off during use, you probably have a worn out belt and deck and failing motor controller.

Simple shutting the machine off and using it again and again only damages the motor controller and increases the risk of fire.

Has it been lubricated regularly? --  You need to keep it extremely clean and well lubricated, probably lubricating between two and four times each year. Just basic 100% silicone treadmill lubricant is fine. Lubricating it four times each year should be plenty, just be sure to never use it when the belt and deck are dry.

It's possible the belt is too tight for it to be having issues so quickly, so you might want to loosen the belt and see if anything changes. You want the belt to be as loose as possible, but tight enough it doesn't slip during use.

At last you can try to get a new motor controller.