Replacing the Motor Controller on a Incline Trainer

Very helpful video! I recommend one person holding the new controller and as soon as you disconnect a wire on the old connect it on the new so you don’t lose track of where things go

Thanks for the video! I replaced the controller on my X32i after owning it for a whopping 4 months. The “instructions” provided with the replacement were basically useless. Without this video I couldn’t have done it. Like someone else said this isn’t a job for the faint of heart. Took me about 45 minutes including battling a few screws. Take pictures of the connections. You will be glad you did.

Four months later and I'm on my second control board in the first eight months of owning my x22i. Hopefully, I'm not doing this every four months, but the process was much easier the second time through. This video remains the gold standard for how to perform this repair, just note the comments below about some of the difficulties in performing the work.

Great job on this, what saved me was a shot of the power switch as you were going, I just unplugged everything to swap the boards because of how tight the wiring was, and I screwed up by plugging the long blue cable to the empty terminal on the board instead of the power switch. Luckily it didn't short. I opened it back up, and something didn't look right about only 1 wire on the power switch, found the blue cable was it and it works great. I'm hoping the factory board was a bad batch, because there's several major changes to the new board that are hopefully upgrades.

Just replaced the control board on my 3 week old X22i using this video instead of the confusing instructions that came with the new board. Thank you for the video. Much simpler to follow using the video by tipping up the treadmill rather than turning on its side per the instructions that came with the replacement board. However, I did have to put some small rubber pieces under the arms to keep the unit from sitting on the edge display screen.

This was very helpful in all ways. A bit of information not detailed in the video, those blue connectors are on tight so even moving them back and forth required needle nose pliers for me to pull them out. On top of that, the screws for the board to the mount required a special tool as I stripped the screw as it was on way too tight from the factory. This is an "easy" job but not for the faint of heart. I had to do this after a month of owning the x22i. Quality continues to decline the more we rely on outside manufacturing, but I guess who cares as someone is getting rich!

So grateful.. Thank you.

very useful

I can't unscrew the big green resistor. I'm pushing and turning as hard as I can, but I'm just on the verge of stripping the screw. Is it screwed right into steel? I'm totally stuck at this early step.

This is quite different from the instructions I received from Icon for my X22i. Is it possible the procedure has changed a lot over the last 3 years?

X22i motor stopped working after 6 weeks. Thanks for the video. Pretty obvious their quality control is terrible seeing the multitude of others experiencing the same issues on brand new equipment. It was hard enough to get this delivered in the first place let alone dealing with customer service who don't work on the weekend. No doubt it will take forever to get this part delivered, is there anywhere else you can purchase one without having to go through Nordic Track?

Maybe you can help me I have the x9i incline trainer and was running an incline calibration and everything shut off after it inclined half way 😫 I notice that the power cord had been pinched under back of machine and pulled very tight. I took casing off to look at power switch and power cord. Power cord weird blue and black wires to power switch intact and green write to screw intact but I also found a white wire unattached but can't find any other loose wire. Is this white wire just extra? Or Do u think my board or power switch went bad?? Thanks for any and all help

My x32i looks complete different. Do you have another video for the newer models? It’s not all one board.

I have had constant issues with the incline on the x22i not following workouts so Icon first sent me a new console which didn't fix the issue, now they've sent me a new incline sensor wire. The instructions are terrible, telling me to remove the hood as described in the manual (which does not even mention the motor hood). I'm assuming that the incline sensor wire is one of the wires you disconnected from the controller board. The instructions say nothing about having to remove the controller in the way you did, just that I need to disconnect the wire from the motor and from the controller, compare the wire to the 3 wires they sent me, and replace it with the one that looks the same. Do you have an instruction video that would guide me through this? Is it basically the same process, except that I only need to replace one wire from the motor to the controller instead of pulling every wire and replacing the board?

Very helpful video and much more informative than the 1 page of instructions that Icon sent me (in which the diagrams did not match my model!). One question: after replacing the motor control board, starting up the treadmill, and completing an incline calibration, their is a quiet, high pitch tone coming from the control board area. Is this ok, or is this an indication of a lose connector or some other error I caused in swapping out the board?

Is there any way to get to the controller board without having to flip the entire treadmill over? I am a small 120lb woman and I can flip this huge thing over by myself. I have to do it upright. Is it even possible?

Hi team thanks for the video. A friend said that the controller could be the cause of a head unit that has stopped working. Do you agree? This is for the x7i nordictrack incline trainer. Thanks!

Just one question … why should I have to replace a controller on a NEW treadmill Shouldn’t the one it was delivered with work !

My X22i needed a new control board after 2 months brand new. Finally got it yesterday after waiting 2 months for it. I’m pretty good with technical/mechanical repairs around the house. Swapping out the control board shouldn’t be a problem for me. Unfortunately the screws holding the resistor are on so tight, not even a properly torqued electric drill/screwdriver can get them off - I don’t want to strip the screws. Without removing the resistor, you can’t get to the screws holding the plate that hold the control board. So I can’t swap out the control board. They’ll have to send someone out I guess, to remove some screws that are practically welded on to the frame. Totally ridiculous. Anyone else have this issue with these screws?

Where is the controller located? Got the board and no instructions at all.