Maintenance; Daily Pre-Operation Safety Checklist - Club Car Villager 2000 Owner's Manual

7. Thoroughly clean front body, rear body, seats, cargo bed, battery compartment, and underside of the vehicle.
8. Do not latch the park brake. Block tires to prevent the vehicle from rolling.
9. Leave PowerDrive System 48 vehicles with PowerDrive chargers plugged in during storage. The PowerDrive
storage charge feature will automatically charge the batteries as needed. See Batteries, Page 23.
NOTE
• A POWERDRIVE SYSTEM 48 VEHICLE WILL NOT OPERATE WHILE PLUGGED TO A CHARGER.
• IF CHARGER CANNOT REMAIN PLUGGED IN DURING LONGTERM STORAGE, DISCONNECT
BATTERY CABLES AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 1, PAGE 2.
TO RETURN THE STORED VEHICLE TO SERVICE
1. Fully charge batteries. See Batteries, Page 23.
2. Readjust tire pressure to rated capacities. See Tire Capacities, Page 22.
3. Perform the Pre-Operation Checklist. See page 11.

MAINTENANCE

See DANGER and WARNING on page 3.
GENERAL INFORMATION
To ensure trouble-free vehicle performance, it is very important to follow an established preventive mainte-
nance program. Regular and consistent vehicle maintenance can prevent vehicle downtime and expensive
repairs that result from neglect. Any vehicle not functioning correctly should be removed from use until it is
properly repaired. This will prevent further damage to the vehicle and avoid the possibility of injury due to
unsafe conditions. See following WARNING.
Contact your local Club Car distributor/dealer to perform all repairs and semiannual and annual periodic service.
WARNING
• IF ANY PROBLEMS ARE FOUND DURING SCHEDULED INSPECTION OR SERVICE, DO NOT
OPERATE VEHICLE UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. FAILURE TO MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS
COULD RESULT IN FIRE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, SEVERE PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH.
• DO NOT WORK ON VEHICLE POWERTRAIN OR UNDER CARGO BED WHEN IT IS LOADED.
• HOT! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SERVICE HOT MOTOR. ATTEMPTING TO DO SO CAN CAUSE
SEVERE BURNS.

DAILY PRE-OPERATION SAFETY CHECKLIST

Inspect and drive the vehicle, using the Pre-Operation Checklist (Page 11) and Performance Inspection
(Page 12) as a guide to check the following items:
• Vehicle warning decals
• Brake system
• Park brake
• Reverse warning buzzer
• Steering and linkages
• Proper acceleration and maximum speed
• Batteries
• Accelerator Switch
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