Milwaukee Drill/Driver 1/2" has frozen. The batteries are fully charged and the light comes on but nothing else. What to do?

The battery is not fully Charged. Please charge for 4 to 5 hours.
The flash light works because it requires lower voltage than drill/driver to work.

I think this would be a new trade-in machine because of the brushless motor and the marketing technical change of the brand Milwaukee repair is in most cases if it has to do by this brushless tools not interesting anymore to repair or let it repair by milwaukee service only if there is garantee ,but for the end user only there are great new trade-in options and the garantee time should also be transparant and great.
Milwaukee will have repairs in ther own garantee and is not interesting in the between trade when its coming for repairs by others that likes it will ending by competition in service by garantee
as between the big brands mutually.


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Try fully discharging the battery first and let it sit for a few days. Then fully recharge before use. What happens with battery operated drills is the batteries develop what is called memory of the charge level when they are recharged and will not charge past that point but the charge light will show full charge. It happens when the drill is used for a period of time and then the battery is placed in the charger ready for next time instead of using the drill until it is flat or leaving a partially used drill on the bench and not recharging it until it is flat

There are bad cells in the battery pack

The only reason a battery powered device slows down is that it's not getting the appropriate voltage from the battery. Your m18 has a lithium-ion battery that when topped off, and for what should be a good long work-period, deliver 18vdc to the motor. Unfortunately, some of the earlier m18 batteries have had some issues and are not fully charging. Some of this is due to improper charging, over heating, storage problems and physical damage.

Milwaukee utilizes a "smart battery" Digital Management System to monitor the "draw" on the battery to keep the user from frying the motor or overtaxing the battery. How hard to you use the tools...perhaps you should trade the stock compact versions for the XC (extra capacity) versions.

You don't say how long you've had these tools, but if you'll go back to the retailer you bought them from, you may be able to get replacement batteries there. Otherwise, check out the Milwaukee website. I think they came out with M18 XC "RED LITHIUM". I think this might be a replacement.

Nonetheless, Milwaukee offers a 2 year warranty on their batteries, so contact your retailer or Milwaukee directly.

I have the same problem and its about a year old too.

One or more cells of the battery have gone bad. The technique of measuring the state of charge of the battery is VERY limited.

I would recommend letting the battery cool after charging... THEN in a day, charge it again without using it. Do this for several days and see if the battery improves. If not, time for new battery.

DO NOT discharge these batteries beyond the point where the tool starts to slow down. You will reverse charge the weakest cell from the ones still deliveing power and the reverse charge will permanently damage the weakest cell.

No, it's showing that the battery is either not taking a full charge or the charger is not charging the battery properly. Find a Milwaukee service center, they will check them and most likely replace one or the other.

If your warranty has expired, you're best off buying a new drill. Replacing batteries will quickly add up to the cost of a new drill.

I know they cost a lot more, but, if you want something that will last a lot longer, look at a Milwaukee, DeWalt, Makita, Bosch, Hitachi for your replacement. Milwaukee actually guarantees their LiIon batteries will last 1,000 charges or longer.

These batteries are fully warrantied for two years or 1000 charges,whichever comes first. On years 3-5 the battery is pro rated until 2000 charges. This applies to the v28 and v18 products only. The warranty his handled through the local Milwaukee Service Centers.