I have had my Tineco vacuum mop for a while now and used it pretty regularly; it is a good companion, saves time and makes cleaning way easier.
But yesterday while cleaning my living room, I saw a red ring light around the display. I thought the area was just extra dirty like usual, so I ran the mop back and forth a few times, but the red light didn’t go away.
By the way, I also made a short YouTube video about this topic and you can watch it first before you continue reading this article. You can watch it down below.
On the video, I showed how I solved this issue by cleaning the dirty water tank, cleaning and drying the filter, and the other parts like the brush roller, etc.
How to Fix Tineco Vacuum Mop Displaying Red Ring Light: Step-by-Step Guide
Here’s what I did to fix this problem, do the same steps if your red ring light won’t switch to blue:
Try cleaning the brush
The first thing I thought of doing was checking and cleaning the rotating brush. I started with turning off the vacuum mop and removing the plastic cover and saw hair and cotton fibers stuck around the vacuum area.
I used a wet wipe to pick and clean the gunk out of it making sure there was no blockage. Even though the mop has a self-clean function, I went ahead and removed the brush to give it a proper wash under the tap.
Just a quick rinse cleaned it up nicely, ready to be reinstalled.
Clean the water tank
Next, I decided to inspect the water tank area and noticed a funky smell coming from it, so I decided to give that a deep clean too.
I used the cleaning brush that came with the mop, some pressurized water and Tineco cleaner/deodorizer to clean the tank, filter and the small drainage hole under the tank.
After that I let all the parts dry out under the sun for half an hour. I recommend sticking to the Tineco solution as other cleaners foam up too much, clogging the sensor and definitely don’t add bleach or any oil-based cleaner.
Wipe the sensor area
While everything was drying, I decided to check the dirt sensor as sometimes dirt and buildup on it can cause the mop to incorrectly trigger the red light.
It looked clean but since I was in full cleaning mode, I took a wet wipe to clean the sensor thoroughly and it turns out there was a little bit of dirt I didn’t notice before.
After everything dried, I reassembled the parts and powered up the mop again, it turned on, the brush motor spun and just as I thought- the red light was gone.
Sometimes we trust the self-cleaning function too much but a thorough hands-on cleaning to reach the difficult spots makes a huge difference. Hopefully this helps if your mop’s display gets stuck on red too.
