Recall of robotic lawnmowers: Possible failure of the obstacle sensor

The Japanese company Honda has for six of his Robotic lawnmower models important safety information published. Accordingly, in rare cases the obstacle lifting sensor fails in the Miimo models mentioned.

There is one reason for the disruption insufficient lubrication of the “joystick” of this sensor, which can trigger an error message. This could result in the sensor no longer correctly detecting obstacles upon repeated contact. The following serial numbers are specifically affected:

The company is asking owners to contact their nearest Honda dealer to make an appointment free repair of the robotic lawnmower. As soon as the modification has been carried out, the device will be in a technically perfect condition again, according to Honda.