Power to motor w/o key?

3HourTour

A few weeks ago I moved the cart (95 CC DS) around the garage then locked the brake, turned it off and removed key. F&R shifter left in Forward position. A little while later I smelled burning electrical and finally realized a lot of heat coming off the motor and it was very hot to the touch. I released the brake and it surged forward till I hit something (6 inches..). I moved the shifter into neutral and ended up removing a battery connection to cut the power. No key, in the off position and it still had power to the motor.

I'm new to carts so I don't even know where to start. Any thoughts what to check first?
Thanks!

BGW

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Shawn8202

I had a very similar issue. In my case I inverted the connections to the key switch. Not sure if that helps at all but ... I tried =)

3HourTour

Its been working fine since I purchased it 6 months ago and just started acting weird suddenly. Not sure where to start so I guess I'll check this first. Thanks!

rose88

Sounds like you are getting a signal saying key is on when its not. I would check voltage starting at key switch back to battery pack.

smokey tennis shoe

I had a similar type issue, ( twice) the cart would run without a key being on.

What my problem turned out to be , was the solenoid. One time the solenoid was welded close. The other, the resistor was lying against the small post of the solenoid, passing voltage to the post.

Volt_Ampere

Sounds like a stuck solenoid.

3HourTour

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'll check these out tomorrow.