Can someone tell me the way to check to see if you have a bad battery or more than one?I have a 2010 Ez Go RXV with 4 -12 volt Trojan T-1260 plus batteries.I just recently had the cart in for service because the gauge dropped from halfway to zero and went into creeping mode real quick.The diagnosis was one of the batteries was bad.They had to run the batteries down to find this out,I don't understand why this is required.When I put my multi-meter on the batteries when they are charged it tells me if I'm getting the correct voltage.Can someone tell me what test the dealer runs with rundown batteries?
On another topic why would I be having problems when the cart is just about 18 months old? My dealer (Town & Country) says I use it too much! He told me I'm putting too many miles & hours on it.He says you got to understand golf carts are made to be on the golf courses and aren't capable of handling the way they're used in the Villages.Funny when I was buying it none of this came out.I was told I could get 60 miles on a charge.Then he said because I live in the hilliest section of the villlages I should expect less miles.So I was happy with getting 45 miles on a charge,Now that I'm having these problems I'm lucky if I get 30 miles on a charge.When they replaced one battery a couple weeks ago he said he'd get it in under warranty but to expect to be replacing all 4 in the near future .He said when one goes the others are right behind.He quoted me $720 for 4 batteries (an upgraded battery).I will say that if this cart got the miles promised(or close to) it would be hard to find one better.It's smooth,doesn't loose power uphill & doesn't get passed by many others.It tops out at 22.9 m.p.h.
I wish all the folks out there that bought an EZ Go with these promises & have had the problems ,would get together & see if we can get something done about this!!