96 36v not moving, sometimes

[Mkonrath72]

Hello. What would be the first thing you check here. Half the time when I push the pedal down the cart moves as it should. Doesn’t matter if it’s forward or reverse. The other half of the time the cart doesn’t budge until I slam on the pedal a few times. Thx

[Bama Brad]

You have a 26 year old cart.....Start at batteries and clean/replace all connections/cables as you work your way out thru the system. That's the first (and less expensive) thing to do. Even if a connection or cable "looks" ok, it's old and need to be thoroughly cleaned/checked and reconnected. If you still have problems, look under the "stickies" and do diagnostics. You can throw away a lot of money guessing.

[JohnnieB]

Pedal switch.

EZGO uses the NC (Normally Closed) contacts to energize the solenoid and what closes the NC contacts is a little bitty spring that flexes every time the pedal is pushed and eventually looses its springiness or breaks.

Sounds like yours is about to give up the ghost.

[hawaiianstyln]

remove the mat, open pedal box as JohnnieB mentioned above, jack the rear end up so both wheels are off the floor. Take your multi meter and set it on continuity and touch both ends of that while pressing on the pedal. You should get an alarm each time your engage the pedal. if it doesn't happen each time replace that accelerator micro switch. If it does happen each time it could be your ITS sitting right next to it the micro switch. Although I thought the ITS is either good or bad. Those parts are cheap off amazon/ebay, you could replace both considering the age of the cart. I did on my 95 last week.