Electric starting issues. Buddy 50

compgeek 1979 · Post by **compgeek 1979** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 12:30 am

So to start the scooter I turn the key on, flip the kill/run switch, hold the break and press the start button.... Should start yes?.... Nope. Starter doesn't engage as if i wasnt even pressing the start button. Now if I hold the kill/run switch (pressing very hard), hold the break and press the start button it starts. Then I'm fine. The kill/run switch stays on and everything is good. So it's not the battery or engine. It has to be in the kill/run switch right?

How do I troubleshoot this?

VSP · Post by **VSP** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:21 pm

You are holding the brake, right?

RoaringTodd · Post by **RoaringTodd** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:43 pm

The kill switch is deactivated, right?

compgeek 1979 · Post by **compgeek 1979** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:54 pm

I apologize, yes I am holding the break. The kill switch is set to run and i have to press the kill switch very hard and hold the break and press the starter button for it to start.... I believe the issue is in the kill/run switch.

VSP · Post by **VSP** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:25 pm

Yes, sure sounds like the kill switch is either faulty or the wires attached to it are loose.

I haven't dealt with it personally but it looks like you have to remove the headset to gain access to the switch

mukaiboston · Post by **mukaiboston** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:19 pm

Something like this happened to me years ago. I used to ride my scooter in the rain and would let it sit out in torrential downpours. They said water got in the switch and rusted or corroded the connection. It was cleanable but, by then, I had already replaced the whole assembly since the old one needed to be taken off and opened up.

EDIT: Excuse me. My problem was not the kill switch but the ignition button. The ignition button got rust inside or something and prevented a connection.