14 Month Old TiVo Bolt+ - Four lights Flashing...

I had the same issue and it sounds like these Bolts are barely lasting over a year sometimes. Mine died at 13 months. They replaced it for free (plus an excessive $50 shipping cost), but it took over 5 days for my new one to actually arrive despite telling them I would pay extra for faster shipping. They simply didn't care. Oh, and they wanted to charge me $150 until I argued and told them the policy is only shipping if you are a paying customer.. then suddenly it was down to $50.

Regardless of what you do, I keep reading that these failures are related to all the heat from the box because it's not properly cooled so I would recommend your next one be put up on some type of legs. I took 4 pieces of furniture foam and put them on the corners of mine so its raised up off the cabinet - big difference in temperature after that.

Good luck when you call them!

 

Mine died at 14 months. I got the sales rep down to $79 with free shipping. It’s a crapshoot depending on which rep you get.

 

My first Bolt+ lasted 3 weeks before it died with the single red light death (just a black screen). The "2nd" Tivo lasted 1 year and 5 months. Since the second one had a cooling fan, I was hoping it would last as long as my S3 which lasted about 8 years! I read about all the Bolts failing and attributed to maybe the luck of the draw, but after having two go bad in about a year and a half and reading posts of the other failures, I have feeling of impending doom.

Luckily I got the extended 3 year warranty, so I'm covered. But, if the third one dies out of warranty, that will probably be it for the TiVos.

 

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FWIW, I ordered my Bolt+ 4/9/17. I hooked it up and activated before the end of that month. Unit is still working fine for me. I've never opened up nor modified it. I started using a laptop cooling pad with fan within a few months of purchase to keep its temps down.

I also did buy TiVo's 3-year extended warranty, just in case. (I normally pass on such things.)

 

I swapped stock fans for the XS-2 in my Bolts, but left the Bolt+ fan unchanged (but will likely switch it at some point). I second the recommendation to raise the unit up on legs (i use 4 shaving gel caps) as it helps airflow/cooling.

 

Twenty-one months ago I activated a new Bolt+ 3Tb unit. Yesterday I walked in to find no picture and 4 flashing lights. Power cycled, came back to same...call with tech support confirmed the dreaded "need to replace"...I had not purchased extended warranty. So they offered me a replacement for $49. I opted for overnight shipping, expecting arrival today.

(Sigh)..the new/refurbed unit will cone with Hydra...so we will see if we can get with tha or downgrade. I saved all my OnePass info. Apparently Tivo can assist in transferring most saved recordings to the new unit. Any helpful thoughts from those who have gone this route? Thanks!

 

I bought mine in Nov 2016 and just started going thru all this. First pixelation, slow response, 60 second spinning blue rings then woke up to all the lights on.
I did manage to get a picture back though, but slow and took a while before it started working semi normal. Going to call and see about a replacement, before
it totally goes.

 

How did Tivo assist with saving recordings from the dead unit?