The treadmill is stuck on "incline." Any time we put the red key on it to turn it on, it just keeps moving up and down from 0 incline to 10. It does this over and over again without stopping. No buttons respond
Exercise & Fitness - Nordic Track - NordicTrack T5 zi Treadmill
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I can't solve this, but my Nordic Track T5 zi occasionally does the same thing. The previous two times, I waited until the unit "bottomed out", and then pulled the mag switch (key) off. I unplugged the unit, then plugged it back in, attached the key, and all was well. This worked twice before, but today (3/8/2011)the unit's incline is cycling again, and the old fix isn't working. Maybe it will need to go back to Sears! Unit was purchased in October of 2010. Frustrating.
I found the Nordic Track T5 zi manual, and it lists a problem described as "The incline of the treadmill does not change correctly" on page 23. It says that treadmill is trying to recalibrate the incline level, so I followed the instructions, and even though the incline was already operating and going higher, I pressed the "up' incline button and removed the key. After a few seconds, I reattached the key. The treadmill inclined to maximum, and then descended to minimum. The auto-inclining stopped, and the unit was back to normal.
I don't know what started all of this each of the three times I had the problem, but I always lower the unit to "0" incline at the end of a walk, and maybe I pulled the key off a fraction before the incline action was fully finished. Then, upon power up the next day, the unit incline cycled, trying to calibrate the unit. I hope this helps.
I'm having the same problem, the incline keeps going to the highest level then down to the bottom level and it won't stop no matter what I do. I unplugged it last night, I'll plug it back in tonight and see if it's back to normal.