12
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Before asking for repairs, first, conduct your own
inspection. If you find a problem that is not explained in
the manual, do not attempt to dismantle the tool.
Instead, ask Makita Authorized or Factory Service
Centers, always using Makita replacement parts.
Ma
l
funct
i
on
status
Motor
does
not
run
.
Cause
Battery
cartr
i
dge
i
s
not
i
nsta
ll
ed
.
Battery
prob
l
em
(under
vo
l
tage)
Rotat
i
on
i
s
i
n
reverse
.
Overheat
i
ng
.
Battery
power
i
s
dropp
i
ng
.
El
ectr
i
c
or
e
l
ectron
i
c
ma
l
funct
i
on
.
A
ct
i
on
I
nsta
ll
the
battery
cartr
i
dge
.
Remove
the
fore
i
gn
ob
j
ect
.
Motor
stops
runn
i
ng
after
a
li
tt
l
e
use
.
I
t
does
not
reach
ma
xi
mum
RPM
.
Cutt
i
ng
too
l
does
not
rotate
:
stop
the
mach
i
ne
i
mmed
i
ate
l
y
!
A
bnorma
l
v
i
brat
i
on
:
stop
the
mach
i
ne
i
mmed
i
ate
l
y
!
Cutt
i
ng
too
l
and
motor
cannot
stop
:
Remove
the
battery
i
mmed
i
ate
l
y
!
T
he
dr
i
ve
system
does
not
work
correct
l
y
.
One
end
of
the
ny
l
on
cord
has
been
broken
.
T
he
dr
i
ve
system
does
not
work
correct
l
y
.
F
ore
i
gn
ob
j
ect
such
as
a
branch
i
s
j
ammed
between
the
guard
and
the
ny
l
on
cutt
i
ng
head
.
T
he
dr
i
ve
system
does
not
work
correct
l
y
.
Battery
i
s
i
nsta
ll
ed
i
mproper
l
y
.
Battery
'
s
charge
l
eve
l i
s
l
ow
.
T
he
dr
i
ve
system
does
not
work
correct
l
y
.
Recharge
the
battery
. I
f
recharg
i
ng
i
s
not
effect
i
ve
,
rep
l
ace
battery
.
A
sk
your
l
oca
l
author
iz
ed
serv
i
ce
center
for
repa
i
r
.
A
sk
your
l
oca
l
author
iz
ed
serv
i
ce
center
for
repa
i
r
.
A
sk
your
l
oca
l
author
iz
ed
serv
i
ce
center
for
repa
i
r
.
A
sk
your
l
oca
l
author
iz
ed
serv
i
ce
center
for
repa
i
r
.
Remove
the
battery
and
ask
your
l
oca
l
author
iz
ed
serv
i
ce
center
for
repa
i
r
.
Bump
the
ny
l
on
cutt
i
ng
head
aga
i
nst
the
ground
wh
il
e
i
t
i
s
rotat
i
ng
to
cause
the
cord
to
feed
.
Recharge
the
battery
. I
f
recharg
i
ng
i
s
not
effect
i
ve
,
rep
l
ace
battery
.
I
nsta
ll
the
battery
cartr
i
dge
as
descr
i
bed
i
n
th
i
s
manua
l.
Stop
us
i
ng
of
too
l
to
a
ll
ow
i
t
to
coo
l
down
.
Recharge
the
battery
. I
f
recharg
i
ng
i
s
not
effect
i
ve
,
rep
l
ace
battery
.
Change
the
d
i
rect
i
on
of
ratat
i
on
w
i
th
the
revers
i
ng
sw
i
tch
.
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