FAULTY ‼️ Mobility Scooter Drives ITSELF 😳 In Depth Repair Fixing Throttle Issues on a Rio 4 Scooter

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Anyway, today’s video is an interesting one, a customer drops me a moblity scooter that drives itself, pity it doesn’t steer too! 😂

Older mobility scooters can get this issue and even though todays repair is on a Wheeltech / Drive Medical brand Rio 4, it can happen to any scooter in the market!

Sometimes when the customer let go of the throttle, the scooter would not come to a stop and continue travelling at a slow pace. Having this occur on a steep hill could be very dangerous!

Initially I thought it could have been a faulty electromagnetic brake, as I thought the brake had worn , but then suddenly it was working fine on random occasions.

So this got me thinking, what else could it be if it wasn’t the brake , the only other thing that would put this in freewheel is by the throttle being pushed.

Once I open the scooter up, it’s clear the throttle is slightly displaced, so depending on how gentle or rough you let go of the throttle , sometimes the small bit of play in the throttle drove it forward extremely slowly. By this occurring, it then released the brake and prevented the scooter from stopping.

I managed to adjust the throttle with a very simple procedure and therefore resolve this issue, the scooter stops properly and on time each occasion, before it wasn’t even stopping properly, it would slow and then sometimes come to a stop and then the brake went on

Whilst I was there I checked the batteries, which were quite old and recommended a replacement of these too.

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