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• I also followed the advice, gave it a whack and it fired up. Thankyou. By Sarah B - Melbourne, AUS - 29 February 2020
• Absolutely mental....... Just smash it hard on the rubber start button & on it goes !!! Madness LOL By Steven Whitehead - Swinton - 11 November 2019
• I’m amazed to discover that it’s true - just tap the casing above the on/off switch quite sharply against a hard surface and hey presto! By Richard -London - London - 05 August 2018
• I took the head off and blew hard into the air pipe and the unit started up first time By HR - Jersey - 30 June 2018
• Can't believe it but just read this. Whacked it and it is working again. Thanks for such a simple solution. Couldn't be without it :-) By Mary - Co tyrone - 01 December 2017
• I was determined to fix this and not throw the cleaner away as it was quite new and is great. Read all the tips and suggestions and just before stripping down the unit I wacked it reasonably hard on the case by the switch just in case the motor /switch was stuck after a period of not using it. Guess what. Is going strong again. By Julyan - swansea - 24 June 2017
• Took the Karcher apart and found the fan had stuck, pushed it around a couple of times then put the cover back together tried the switch it operated the machine. Put screws back in. Has been ok. By Pip - West Oxon - 19 June 2017
• Had the same problem with the WV60 model. Proceeded by the instructions provided by Mike James. Switch was found to be OK, so tapped the motor casing fairly hard with a screwdriver and the motor started. Problem was possibly caused by not using the machine for a lengthy period of time (9 months) and brushes sticking. Hope that helps.... By ken berry - Bude, Cornwall - 30 April 2016
• If you remove the black butt plate (4 screws) then the rest of the casing screws. Split the casing and remove the suction tube, you will need to lift the motor slightly to do this. Then carefully lift out the switch, open the back of it, a rubber flap, gently lift the little board that is underneath and exercise the little brass spring switch assembly, ( seems to get stuck in on position ). Then reassemble the whole thing, reverse of dismantle. Mine now works fine. By Mike James - Sussex - 01 December 2015
• Hi I have had 2 window vacs and both of them won't turn on the battery is charged they are a waste of money only work a few times then they don't work. Have they got a trip switch on them. That I don't know about if they work they are good. Mrs P.Johnson By William - Essex - 17 January 2015
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  Chris at eSpares says...

  Unfortunately motors switches or batteries are not currently available for your Karcher window vac.