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Onewheel: lightbar or power button blinks and the board won't ride (codes 3, 4 and 16)

A blinking lightbar or power button is an error code. Count the blinks: Onewheel lists 3 as battery over 100 percent, 4 as a bad start up position and 16 as usually harmless, and gives a fix for each.

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The board turns on, but the lightbar or power button blinks in a repeating pattern and the board won't let you ride. Onewheel says that blinking is an error code, and the number of blinks in a row is the code (Onewheel blink codes). This page covers codes 3, 4 and 16 on current boards. Code 6 has its own page, and so does code 15.

Onewheel says that if an error happens while you are riding, the board gives extreme pushback: lean back to slow down, stop and get off (GT power and status). Never try to ride through an error or get around it. Read Onewheel riding safety and firmware.

Most likely cause

Onewheel's list (Onewheel blink codes):

  • 3: battery over 100 percent. Usually from riding downhill with a full battery.
  • 4: invalid start up orientation. The board was not in the riding position on the ground at power on.
  • 16: usually harmless. Onewheel says a power cycle should clear it, and a constant 16 may mean a board issue.

On the Pint, Onewheel's FAQ says blinking yellow is usually minor and often fixed by charging or power cycling, while blinking red may need support. On the XR, a blinking rather than pulsing power light means an error, explained in the XR owner's manual, which you can find on the manuals page.

Other causes to rule out

  • Powering on in the air or with the front pad pressed, which Onewheel says causes an error (Pint power and status).
  • Cold. A battery that is too cold can trigger an error (FAQ).
  • A code that shows every time you power on. Onewheel says to contact support (Onewheel blink codes).

How to confirm

  1. Count the blinks two or three times so you are sure of the number.
  2. Power off. Put the board on the ground in the riding position, keep off the front pad, and power on.
  3. Try charging the board, then power cycling, which Onewheel says sometimes clears the issue (GT power and status).
  4. Note whether the code returns right away, during a ride, or only after a downhill.

Fix options

Power cycle (easy)

Onewheel says turning the board off and back on should clear codes 3, 4, 6, 15 and 16 when a one time trigger caused them (Onewheel blink codes).

Stop code 3 coming back (easy)

Onewheel explains that braking downhill puts energy back into a battery that is already full (FAQ). Its fix is in the charging settings: the app's Charging State Warning, or the 90 percent charge setting on the GT, and starting rides on flat or uphill ground when fully charged (GT charging). These change how full the battery gets, not how the board protects you.

Send diagnostics for code 16 (easy)

Power cycle and ride. If 16 comes back, send diagnostics from the app (My Boards, gear icon, Send Diagnostics) and then open a support ticket. Onewheel says diagnostics without a ticket get no reply, and to allow one to two business days (error 16 article).

Onewheel factory service (pro)

A code that won't clear, or blinking red on a Pint, goes to Onewheel's factory service.

Videos

Onewheel App Update: Charging State Warning and Onewheel Academy from Onewheel: the app's charging state warning.

When to get a pro

Any code that shows on every power on, a constant 16, or an error while riding that you can't explain. See Onewheel troubleshooting and error codes.

Sources

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