Accel Pedal Return Spring 2013 RXV

[mcmayber]

Would a broken accelerator return spring make a cart not work at all? Is there a 'safety' that sees the accelerator pedal is not all the way reset to zero and will not allow the cart to move? I can hear the solenoid changing state. I hear the switch on the accel pedal (mizzo switch? shown in left of second picture) changing state.

The heard the accelerator return spring break while I was driving, I parked the cart, the next day I drove somewhere and stopped, turned the cart off, and it would start again. I removed the accel pedal (unplugging both connections), plugged it all back in and it worked again, drove it for a couple days and it stopped working again. So it's a intermittent problem.

Lastly, where do you find this return spring to order?!? I have searched tons of sites and the only one I see that looks similar to this is part of an accelerator cable assemble. All the accel pedal assemblies don't show it. The spring is hooked onto the frame of the cart, the is a ball and stranded cord that goes inside the spring and attaches to a small cylinder that slides into a bracket on the front shaft of the accel pedal. See pictures.

[cgtech]

You hit the nail on the head... The Rxv is very picky that the gas & brake pedal are fully seated in their at rest position during the Power on self test when Key is turned on. That spring on top is only present on "golf course fleet vehicles" as far as I have seen. It is not on the ezgo parts breakdown either. You could try holding the gas pedal up with your hand while you turn the key on, to see if that demonstrates this as your issue.

[mcmayber]

Thanks CGtech, Where would a golf course fleet vehicle order such a replacement?

[cgtech]

I think it's a unofficial ezgo fix for fleets from ezgo. Not totally sure. have dealt with Many, many privately sold Rxv's, never seen one of those springs. Only a few fleet rebuilds, they always have them...

[mcmayber]

Do you happen to know if there is something I need to reset to see if that was the problem? I pulled the pedal back and opened the battery bank to remove power. It didn't work. So now I'm thinking a reset needs to occur. Not sure if that's is something that even exist.

[cgtech]

Nope, no "reset" besides turning the key off. If pulling the pedal up while turning key on didn't fix it, pedal was likely not the problem.