1989 club car no acceleration

Gfreel · 11-04-2012, 09:06 PM

i was driving my cart through pretty decent rough terrain when the cart lost all forward and reverse power. Noticed a little smoke coming from inside battery compartment. Think somethings wrong with the black box(computer?) inside the compartment. what should i try to fix it??

scottyb · 11-04-2012, 09:10 PM

If smoke came out of the controller it is done for. See if you can smell it, if it has a burnt electronic smell it was the source of your smoke and must be replaced.

Xact1 · 11-04-2012, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Gfreel

i was driving my cart through pretty decent rough terrain when the cart lost all forward and reverse power. Noticed a little smoke coming from inside battery compartment. Think somethings wrong with the black box(computer?) inside the compartment. what should i try to fix it??

Gfreel, you have an older resistor cart with the V glide setup. I would check the V glide box first, to see if something burned up inside. This is not uncommon on this vintage cart. I have a 1992, had the same thing happen, finally pulled the whole system out and upgraded to a controller unit.

Gfreel · 11-04-2012, 09:26 PM

My cart is 36 volt stock everything can I use the controller and solenoid off my buddy's 48volt cart he gave me and update it from the resistor could to the controller

Xact1 · 11-04-2012, 09:42 PM

Well, I looked at the 'Stickys' threads, and there are indeed V-glide systems with and without solid state controllers. You should take a look at those schematics, and tell us what you have.

11-04-2012, 09:06 PM	#1
Gfreel Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 7	1989 club car no acceleration i was driving my cart through pretty decent rough terrain when the cart lost all forward and reverse power. Noticed a little smoke coming from inside battery compartment. Think somethings wrong with the black box(computer?) inside the compartment. what should i try to fix it??
Gfreel Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 7

11-04-2012, 09:10 PM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,419	Re: 1989 club car no acceleration If smoke came out of the controller it is done for. See if you can smell it, if it has a burnt electronic smell it was the source of your smoke and must be replaced.

11-04-2012, 09:26 PM	#4
Gfreel Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 7	Re: 1989 club car no acceleration My cart is 36 volt stock everything can I use the controller and solenoid off my buddy's 48volt cart he gave me and update it from the resistor could to the controller
Gfreel Not Yet Wild Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 7

11-04-2012, 09:42 PM	#5
Xact1 Gone Wild Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 384	Re: 1989 club car no acceleration Well, I looked at the 'Stickys' threads, and there are indeed V-glide systems with and without solid state controllers. You should take a look at those schematics, and tell us what you have.

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