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When moving at top speed, my scooter hesitates at times until lately when it has slowed down to a crawl, then it will speed back up again. The charge meter is in the green area and I am consistently pressing on the lever. What is the problem?

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Hi, that is a textbook problem related to the speed controller pot,
the pot is attached to the lever you move to go forward etc,

to be 100% certain trying moving the lever in the upwards direction while gong forward ? does it speed up ,a new speed pot required.


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GeWiz.

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