Milwaukee M12 blinking light problem & easy fix

[@transam8607]

I started beating mine the last few days. Im going to try it tomorrow. I know it's going to definitely work. Thanks for this great video.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and I hope it'll fix your tool ... thank you for watching

[@Halfcast365]

Had mine for 2 weeks and it started doing this. Thanks for the video much appreciated saved me a lengthy warranty claim

[@CountryMileGarage]

@@Halfcast365 glad I could help and thank you for watching

[@GoldenGateFerry]

One of my original batteries went bad and wouldn't charge. Adjusted that left side "P" terminal with a curved pick and now it charges perfectly. No more flashing lights! Great vid.

[@CountryMileGarage]

That is awesome ... thank you for watching

[@daguy5680]

Thanks, both my batteries did this, figured it was the tool as the batteries worked in my other Milw tools. Both batts had the issue

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad to hear you got it fixed and that the video helped you ... thank you for watching

[@TheCribbp]

Thanks for posting this. I had the same problem on a brand new M12 BBL Blower. Fixed in two minutes.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad this video helped and thank you for watching

[@onairspare]

Thanks so much worked like a charmed saved me the hassle of dealing with warranty

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad I could help and thank you for watching

[@robertgonzalez8744]

This was the exact problem on my Milwaukee headlamp!! Gently bent the contacts up inside the headlamp and it powered right up! Thanks for the video! 👍

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad I could help and thank you for watching Robert

[@russellhaugh6373]

This is brilliant! I didn’t have the same problem as mine was a slinger blinking red led (like a low battery light) but tweaking the contacts and a little clean sorted them right out! M12-PAL mag light.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and glad you got it fixed ... thank you for watching

[@timh7156]

You just solve my problem with one of my 6.0 batteries! Thank you for sharing

[@CountryMileGarage]

That's awesome and thank you for watching

[@Jacob-em8mn]

Thank you making this. for me it was the nub in the tool that wasn't making contact very helpful 👍

[@CountryMileGarage]

Here to help glad to hear you got it fixed and thank you for watching

[@BoiseRanch]

who would have thought? that did solve my problems with my Milwaukee tools. Used to be intermittent and then progressively got worse. That saved having to buy new batteries.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad I could help and thank you for watching

[@emil1997h]

It was like that out of the box for me, thanks for the video

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you for watching

[@NutsandBoltswithTone]

Thank you so much this is happening to my 5.0 battery in gonna try this.

[@CountryMileGarage]

No problem I'm here to help ... thank you for watching my friend

[@graham7835]

Fantastic video. Just saved my m12 pipe cutter from the bin.👍

[@CountryMileGarage]

That's awesome glad the video helped ... thank you for watching

[@TheCrewl1]

Thank you! My brand new oscillating tool didn't work due to this issue. Looks like this is common enough that they need to increase quality control on these batteries

[@CountryMileGarage]

I agree they could do a better job on that especially for a premium tool company like Milwaukee. Glad you got it fixed and working again ... thank you for watching

[@AnthonyFrancisJones]

Yes, you are absolutely right. I commented on another video: "QUICK FIX... Often that terminal on the battery is bent too far into the battery case so get a small screwdriver and bend it out again. When power is connected to the drill with the two large spade connectors the circuitry checks to see that the third contact has been made. If not it will give the 'disco of death' blinking. Bend the connector back into place and you will be up and running! Bad design of battery case! Hope that helps!"

[@CountryMileGarage]

Your are 100% correct. Thank you for watching

[@treytedrick1672]

This was exactly what was wrong with my. Thank you!

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad you have it fixed and thank you for watching

[@treytedrick1672]

O I didn't fix it. I may have messed my terminal trying to fix it lol but thats what was wrong

[@CountryMileGarage]

@@treytedrick1672 o dang now you know for the next time LOL

[@believeornot12]

Great finding! I also got the same blinking and didn't know why until watching your video. Thanks! If your method doesn't work, it means the temperature sensor went bad. Looks like the temperature sensor is a 10k NTC thermistor

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and glad I could help ... thank you for watching

[@Izzy_Nator]

This really works !!

[@CountryMileGarage]

Sure does lol ... glad to hear you got your tool going again and thank you for watching

[@LNRRidez]

Nicely done Theo. Most would have just tossed it away or tried to warranty it out instead of fixing it.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you Ken ... I don't like to throw stuff away if I can fix it I will. Thank you for watching sir

[@frankevans5506]

Worked like a charm. Thank you sir!!🎉

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad to hear ... thank you for watching

[@stock7628]

Man thanks for this, this same problem is happening to my impact driver and i was thinking the tool went bad

[@CountryMileGarage]

Glad I could help and thank you for watching

[@thebassclef007]

I got the flashing lights on my ratchet working on my truck today. When it happened, I just switched out batteries right then and forgot about it. By 100% chance, this video just showed up on my feed tonight! Crazy. So I went out to the garage and sure enough, my contact was low too. Thanks!

[@CountryMileGarage]

LOL funny how things happen, your welcome and thank you for watching

[@altokers]

outstanding video, saved me the hassle of having to go back to home depot and possibly have to trade in an entire kit just for one 4ah battery. Definitely a QC issue i don't expect from tools as expensive as Milwaukee tbh. Thanks for making this!

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and glad I could help ... they all make mistakes. Thank you for watching

[@jmac2888]

Thanks Theo. On mine the contact in the driver was bent down horizontally because it had hit the plastic housing on the battery. Poor contact design. It was evident on the batteries at the top of the contact as the plastic was marked or damaged. Pushed the tab contact in the driver up against the wall vertically and it solved the problem.

[@CountryMileGarage]

That's great I'm glad you got it fix ... thank you for watching

[@ToolDemos]

Good job Theo.

[@CountryMileGarage]

thank you Steve and thank you for watching

[@ИванИваныч-б9ю]

От души золотой! Просто атогнуть язычек у батареи и все! Я сам по началу ахуел, решил проверить новокупленую батарею 5хс, а там мигание, чуть разогнул ножом правый кантакт и вуаля бля заработала))))

[@CountryMileGarage]

thank you for watching

[@tonniploug]

Thanks for the good video. Really helpfull.😁💪

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and thank you for watching

[@billy5032]

Appreciate that sir👍

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you for watching

[@33rdlatitude49]

Thank you Sir

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you for watching

[@HighGrade_FireBlade]

I can confirm that these temperature pins are lower than the other two to the left even on brand new batteries. Took this opportunity to buy a XC/CP high output combo kit with charger ($99 Home Depot online only, get it while it lasts) and even on these the temp pin sits far lower and is recessed deeper into the casing than the other two. They function fine as of now so I’m not messing with them

[@CountryMileGarage]

If it works fine I would leave it alone as well ... thank you for watching

[@TheJagaa92]

Awesome Tool...

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you and thank you for watching

[@MicroplaysMC]

I took mine apart thinking the cells weren't balanced. Balancing them didn't seem to make a difference (though it was needed). My contacts all looked slightly lower than they should be, but I gently pryed the temp contact forward with a pick and slightly further with some small needle nose. That's all it needed to work properly again! This was a 6.0 I used in an impact. Seems like the vibrations were causing it to lose contact.

[@CountryMileGarage]

So far it has only happened to this one all the others 0 problems so far. Hope the video helped ... thank you for watching

[@PS3chubalubb]

Awesome video! Subscribed for sure!

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you very much and thank you for watching

[@agtech4580]

Great info thanks Theo

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you for watching sir

[@jesscooley3522]

Thanks a lot man

[@CountryMileGarage]

glad I could help ... thank you for watching

[@zanderesp4295]

I have an issue with my 3/8 stubby cutting out and flashing lights under a few seconds of load(ex driving lag screw into 2x4) . Is this the same issue as your ?

[@CountryMileGarage]

I had the same symptoms as you and this did the trick for me ... thank you for watching

[@zanderesp4295]

@@CountryMileGarage Thanks I appreciate the response, I'll give it a try!

[@eddied7551]

I have the same problem except my drill still does not want to work after doing what you did and even putting a brand new battery in

[@CountryMileGarage]

Sounds like you have a problem with the drill and may have to send it in for repair ... thank you for watching

[@Hannibal54689]

I had it happen to my M18 battery.

[@CountryMileGarage]

I have yet to see this on a M18 battery. Hope you got it fixed tho ... thank you for watching

[@Toolaholic7]

Has happened to me after tightening fastners up

[@CountryMileGarage]

That's when it started with me with this one battery changed it out running fine and got to looking at it and found this problem lol ... thank you for watching

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

I think the blinking light was Morse code for " SOM " Save our Milwaukee

[@CountryMileGarage]

🤣🤣🤣 could be 🤣🤣🤣 thank you for watching

[@tek54]

I have warrantied 2 different M12 3/8 ratchets 3 times! Milwaukee was no help at all.

[@CountryMileGarage]

I don't know what you want me to say about that but thank you watching

[@38ssspecial]

👍🙏👍🙏👍🙏👍

[@CountryMileGarage]

Thank you for watching

[@speedwrench1909]

So are you the official Milwaukee repair facility?

[@CountryMileGarage]

No I'm not Cass lol ... thank you for watching my friend

[@johnramon5757]

Mine has the flashing 4 lights . What can it be? Did anyone else have that issue?

[@CountryMileGarage]

Watch the video and it'll explain what to do ... thank you for watching

[@johnramon5757]

I watched it and adjusted the metal piece and still nothing

[@CountryMileGarage]

@@johnramon5757 make sure the tool end is correct

[@johnramon5757]

@@CountryMileGarage it is correct. I switched out the batteries. Adjusted the clip end on the tool itself and on the battery. Batteries fully charged. Still just flashing and it will sometimes work but not at full capacity. And it’ll go back to flashing again.

[@johnramon5757]

@@CountryMileGarage it is correct. I switched out the batteries. Adjusted the clip end on the tool itself and on the battery. Batteries fully charged. Still just flashing and it will sometimes work but not at full capacity. And it’ll go back to flashing again.

[@samconway5288]

Didn’t work on mine still doing the same thing

[@CountryMileGarage]

if you switch batteries does it still do the same thing ???

[@samconway5288]

@@CountryMileGarage I had to order another switch that one prong was broke

[@BigBaller.69]

Thank u so much, this saved my brand new 4.0 amp hour battery I just bought

[@CountryMileGarage]

That's awesome ... thank you for watching

[@gdog1443]

Sorted, thanks.

[@CountryMileGarage]

Great and thank you for watching

[@a.c.r.smallenginerepair3158]

Didn't work for mine, still have the lights flashing. And battery works fine in the M12 rivet tool. 😐

[@CountryMileGarage]

That means there is a internal problem with the tool. Thank you for watching