We bought nine motors this year and seven of them died within two to three weeks of light use. We use antistatic tiles and not doing anything unusual. For all of them, we had the same issue - all of a sudden, the red light won’t turn on after switching on the brain. It seems like the issue is with t…

How were they being used? Drive, flywheel, ect…

You’re not alone. [image] Broken motors VEX V5 Technical Support my team has been having problems with motors breaking. the motors would seemingly completely turn off. the port turns dark (not blinking, like when a port is blown). this has happened on two different robots …

Drive, intake, and flywheel. It happened all for all scenarios. However, for flywheel, it happened twice.

Thanks! It’s just so frustrating. We have comp tomorrow and are feeling defeated already.

Have you reached out to any local teams to see if you can get some motors on a temporary basis? Your local RECF TEM can also put you in touch with some larger organizations that might have spares. @levipope Any updates on the investigation into the V5 motor failures?

this happened to us as well with a order of new motors received a month and half ago. Three of the motors in the box were not working. As of now were trying to contact vex to see if we can resolve the issue somehow.

Thanks! I am asking other teams and hoping for the best for now.

Our engineering team is doing analysis on the few failed motors we have seen. Once that is finished we should know more. We are also trying to reproduce this issue and not having much luck. Any feedback on the specific circumstances where this happens would be much appreciated.

[image] levipope: We are also trying to reproduce this issue and not having much luck. Any feedback on the specific circumstances where this happens would be much appreciated. From my understanding motors are dying through light/normal use, sometimes even within 30 seconds of being put on a r…

For our two big occurrences (2 new brains, 8 new motors so far) it was literally plug a motor in, run for 30-90" and then have it die . Not sure from the various reports if other teams are seeing the motor failures only with new brains, or with existing brains as well

V5 motors keep dying

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sazrocks November 4, 2022, 5:01pm 3

You’re not alone.

VEX is purportedly investigating the cause, no word yet though.