2010 club car no lights, horn or flashers

[mgra8859]

My 2010 club car precedent has no lights, flashers, horn or speedometer but the it runs great. They all were working intermittently, so I replaced the old original batteries. Now they stopped working altogether. I checked all fuses, cleaned ground connections and checked for loose or broken wires. The backup beeper still works though.

Any thoughts on what I should do next?

[tag50]

Sounds like a voltage reducer issue (or the wiring, fuse, etc from the reducer).


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[jjance]

It sounds like you forgot to hook the wire to the #4 or #5 battery. If i remember correctly it's a #10 blue wire. It's power for the lights circuit.

[mgra8859]

Thanks for your replies. There is no blue wire to the batteries. The problem was intermittent, i.e lights fickering on and off. After I replaced 7-yr old batteries with all new batteries (and I was very careful to take pictures, cleaned the cables with sandpaper and replace EXACTLY as it was before), the lights came on, horn and flashers worked for a while. Then they all went out along with the speedometer (which was also resetting intermittently prior). However the car runs great with the new batteries.

This is actually a Villager 2+2 and is an LSV. I found a 20 AMP fuse was blown, it is near the controller and has blue wires going to it. But the replacement fuses blow as soon as I reconnect the batteries (in the correct order, postive cable first and then negative, and then put the tow/run switch back to run).

So maybe the DC 48V to DC 12V converter is bad or I have a short somewhere. Looked all over but can't find a short.

[Volt_Ampere]

Sounds like your converter is bad or you have a short in your 12V circuit.

[theboss20]

Look closely at the wires coming out of the converter that supply the 12v power sometimes they get a rub spot depending on how they are routed...you may have to slide under the cart to see the problem area...

[mgra8859]

I agree a short seems to be the most likely culprit, but based on the just the sound of one the 20amp fuses popping (pow!) it sure seemed like a lot more than 12 volts. I think the blue wire is actually 48V going TO the converter, but I need a VOM and wiring diagram to be sure. I can't find a service manual or wiring diagram for the villager 2+2. I found a parts manual which has some partial wiring diagrams but not the complete diagram. Back on the ground or pay the $80 an hour.

[jjance]

Disconnect the 12v output from the converter. If the fuse still blows you have a bad converter. That's usually the 10 ga red wire.

[mgra8859]

Thanks, good call! I'll do that this weekend when we're back down at the RV resort. Had to come back to reality for a few days.