GENERAL INFORMATION & ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
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Repair and Service Manual
Read all of this manual to become thoroughly familiar with this vehicle. Pay particular attention to all Notices, Cautions and Warnings.
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With the switch in the ‘TOW’ or (on CE vehicles)
position and the key in ’N’.
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the electronic parking brake is deactivated, which
allows the vehicle to be towed or roll freely, except
in the event of a controller failure
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the service brake is still active
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the reverse warning beeper is deactivated
With the switch in ‘RUN’ or (on CE vehicles) posi-
tion:
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the electronic parking brake is deactivated and the
reverse warning beeper features are activated
PARKING BRAKE
This vehicle is equipped with an automatic parking
brake; when the vehicle is stopped the parking brake is
automatically set. The parking brake is released when
the key switch/direction selector is in forward (’F’) or re-
verse (’R’) and the accelerator is depressed. The park-
ing brake is also released when the run/tow switch is
placed in the ’TOW’ or (on CE vehicles) position
with the key switch turned to neutral (’N’).
In the event that the vehicle will not move in forward or
reverse, the parking brake can be released using the in-
structions located on the controller splash shield be-
neath the seat on the passenger side of the vehicle. To
move the vehicle, turn the key switch to ’N’, flip the
RUN-TOW switch to the ’TOW’ position and move the
vehicle to a safe location on level ground and chock the
tires, turn the key to ’OFF’ and return the Run/Tow
switch ’RUN’ position.
In case of total power loss and the RUN-TOW does not
release the parking brake the instructions below the
controller splash shield must be used. Chock the tires to
prevent the vehicle moving when the
brake is released.
To access the instructions remove
three re-usable plastic rivets securing
the controller splash shield to the
body and the controller. To remove
the re-usable rivets, press the center
of the rivet with the vehicle key, when
the center pin snaps into place the
rivet can be removed, repeat the pro-
cess for each remaining rivet. Turn the
splash shield over to reveal the instruc-
tions for releasing the parking brake.
To reinstall the controller splash shield,
position the splash shield by aligning the
mounting holes with the holes in the body, push the cen-
ter pin of each rivet upward so that the
top of the pin is above the rivet head.
Place a rivet in each mounting hole of
the controller splash shield and push
down on the center pin untill the top of
the pin is flush with the rivet head.
SERVICING THE VEHICLE
To prevent severe injury or death resulting
from improper servicing techniques, observe
the following WARNINGS:
DO NOT attempt any type of servicing
operations before reading and understand-
ing all notes, cautions and warnings in this
manual.
ANY servicing requiring adjustments to the
powertrain while the motor is running must
be made with both rear wheels raised.
Wear eye protection
when working on the
vehicle. Use extra care
when working around
batteries, or using sol-
vents or compressed air.
To reduce the possibility of causing an
electrical arc, which could result in a battery
explosion, turn off all electrical loads from
the battery before removing battery wires.
Wrap wrenches with vinyl
tape to reduce the possibil-
ity of a dropped wrench
‘shorting out’ a battery,
which could result in an
explosion.
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
This vehicle will give years of satisfactory service provid-
ing it receives regular maintenance. Refer to the Peri-
odic Service Schedule for service intervals.
