Issue with Freemotion treadmill - belt no longer moving when treadmill started
Hi everyone,
We have a 4-year-old Freemotion GS 2500 treadmill that we have never had a problem with until recently. Yesterday, I had been running on it for about 15-20 minutes and then stopped for a short 2-3-minute rest break. When I went to start running again and selected my speed, nothing happened. The timer on the screen started going as if it were running, but the belt was not moving at all. I tried unplugging it several times and trying again, but it still did the same thing. I then left it unplugged for the rest of the day and tried again earlier this afternoon, but the belt still will NOT move. Everything else on the treadmill is working. I can adjust the incline, turn the fan on and off, and use every single feature that this treadmill has, but it just won't start when I want to use it. Like I said, whenever I select a speed, the timer on the display starts going, so it obviously thinks that it's running, but the belt isn't budging. I should also mention that the last 2 or 3 times I used it, the belt would do kind of a hard jerk whenever it first started and then would be fine and I could run on it with no problems. Then, whenever I was doing walking speeds of anywhere between 3.5 to 4 mph, the treadmill would take FOREVER to pick up any speed. The belt would move incredibly slowly, nowhere near the speed that it was set it. Now, it's not working at all. Could it be the motor control board? If that's what it is, it looks like a relatively inexpensive part, but we would need to find someone to install it as neither my husband or I feel very comfortable taking on that kind of task ourselves.
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated! I am desperate to get my treadmill back up and running ASAP as I am currently in the middle of training for a marathon in Florida this winter and, living in New England, it is now way too cold, icy, and gets dark out far too early to run outside, so I heavily depend on this machine for my evening workouts after work during the cold winter months!
We have a 4-year-old Freemotion GS 2500 treadmill that we have never had a problem with until recently. Yesterday, I had been running on it for about 15-20 minutes and then stopped for a short 2-3-minute rest break. When I went to start running again and selected my speed, nothing happened. The timer on the screen started going as if it were running, but the belt was not moving at all. I tried unplugging it several times and trying again, but it still did the same thing. I then left it unplugged for the rest of the day and tried again earlier this afternoon, but the belt still will NOT move. Everything else on the treadmill is working. I can adjust the incline, turn the fan on and off, and use every single feature that this treadmill has, but it just won't start when I want to use it. Like I said, whenever I select a speed, the timer on the display starts going, so it obviously thinks that it's running, but the belt isn't budging. I should also mention that the last 2 or 3 times I used it, the belt would do kind of a hard jerk whenever it first started and then would be fine and I could run on it with no problems. Then, whenever I was doing walking speeds of anywhere between 3.5 to 4 mph, the treadmill would take FOREVER to pick up any speed. The belt would move incredibly slowly, nowhere near the speed that it was set it. Now, it's not working at all. Could it be the motor control board? If that's what it is, it looks like a relatively inexpensive part, but we would need to find someone to install it as neither my husband or I feel very comfortable taking on that kind of task ourselves.
Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated! I am desperate to get my treadmill back up and running ASAP as I am currently in the middle of training for a marathon in Florida this winter and, living in New England, it is now way too cold, icy, and gets dark out far too early to run outside, so I heavily depend on this machine for my evening workouts after work during the cold winter months!
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