Congratulations on the purchase of your new Vantage Mobility Scooter! The advanced design of the Vantage with its streamline design ensures many years of enhanced trouble-free mobility. Correct use improves your mobility and quality of life. Your safety is important to us.
Additional general information can be found on the supplemental information sheets and booklets included in your Owner’s Package. Please fully read and review the information and keep it readily available for future reference. KOMFI-RIDER...
WARNING! Never drive the scooter with tiller lock in the locked position. WARNING! This scooter is not intended for use as a seat in a motor vehi- cle. The scooter could fail in a vehicle impact, leading to serious injury or death of the occupant or injury to others. KOMFI-RIDER...
Off-board via Battery Box/Tiller Charger Brake Automatic Electromagnetic REMARK: Komfi-Rider reserves the right to modify the specification if necessary. The final specification is subject to the individual scooter you purchase from your dealer. *Subject to user weight and terrain KOMFI-RIDER...
19. Tiller Adjuster 10. Charger Socket - Battery Box 20. Tiller Lock Your scooter is equipped with a number of elements and parts. You should know these before using the scooter. Designs and specifications may change without prior notice. KOMFI-RIDER...
Horn Button: (25) This button activates a warning horn. Your scooter must be turned on for the horn to be operational. Do not hesitate to use the warning horn when doing so may prevent an accident or injury. KOMFI-RIDER...
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Refer to the manual supplied with the battery charger for more information. KOMFI-RIDER...
Keep in mind that the disassembled sections of the scooter take up more floor space than the assembled scooter. CAUTION! Lifting weight beyond your physical capability may result in personal injury. Ask for assistance when necessary while disassembling or assembling your scooter. KOMFI-RIDER...
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The button will stay down in the locked position (Fig 6.2.2). Tiller Lock in un-locked position: Tiller Lock in locked position: Fig 6.2.1 Fig 6.2.2 WARNING! Never drive the scooter with tiller lock in locked position. KOMFI-RIDER...
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Connecting Front & Rear Sections The unique design of your Komfi-Rider scooter allows for quick and easy assembly of the front and rear scooter sections. You need to set up your scooter on a flat surface area such as a tarmac car park and where you have enough space to assembly the scooter parts.
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• Carefully lower the battery box into position onto the scooter (Fig 6.5.1) making sure the box is securely and fully connected to the battery connector. (Fig 6.5.2) • Place basket onto bracket and make sure it is securely fixed. (See Fig 6.5.3) Fig 6.5.3 Fig 6.5.2 Fig 6.5.1 KOMFI-RIDER...
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Never seat on the seat if the seat is still able to swivel. WARNING! The seat mechanism is fixed to the base of the seat. Do not change this position as doing so could dramatically change the stability of the scooter. KOMFI-RIDER...
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Never sit on a scooter to do this. WARNING! After you have finished pushing your scooter, always return it to the drive mode to lock the brakes. WARNING! Never sit on the scooter when it is in freewheel mode. KOMFI-RIDER...
• Carefully lower the tiller. • With the tiller in its lowered position, tighten the adjustment knob by turning clockwise making sure the tiller is securely positioned – see Assembly 6.1 • Lock the tiller lock – see Assembly 6.2 KOMFI-RIDER...
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(Fig 7.6.2). CAUTION! Lifting weight beyond your physical capability may result in personal injury. Ask for assistance when necessary while disassembling or assembling your scooter. Fig 7.6.1 Fig 7.6.2 KOMFI-RIDER...
5. Once safely seated, disengage the seat rotation lever by lifting it upwards (Fig 8.1.1.) and rotate the seat into the forward facing driving postion. (Fig 8.1.3). 6. Make certain that the seat is secured into position. 7. Make certain that your feet are safely on the floorboard. KOMFI-RIDER...
• Show even greater caution when steering in reverse. WARNING! Turning your scooter too sharply at high speed will cause loss of control and balance and will result in the scooter tipping over resulting in serious injury of death. KOMFI-RIDER...
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• The climbing degree will be affected by weight capacity, driving speed, and ramp degree, and scooter parameter. •To prevent any danger of damaging the motor, please avoid driving up long ramps & hills or any ‘off-road’ uneven terrain. KOMFI-RIDER...
6. You can leave the seat facing to the side to facilitate boarding your scooter next time. WARNING! Never attempt to get onto or off of your scooter without first removing the key from the key switch. This will prevent the scooter from moving if accidental throttle control lever contact is made. KOMFI-RIDER...
• The LED light on the battery charger will show green when batteries are fully charged. • Turn off the mains power to the charger before removing the charger plug from charging outlet. • Note: The LED light will show red when the charger is switched on at the mains but not charging. KOMFI-RIDER...
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30°C are not recommended for charging as well as low temperatures below 10°C. • Protect your charger from sources of heat such as heaters and direct sunlight. It the battery charger overheats, charging current will be reduced and the charging process de- layed. KOMFI-RIDER...
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Only every use the battery charger supplied with your vehicle, or a charger that has been approved by Komfi-Rider. WARNING! Do not use or store the battery near sources of heat such as a fire or heater.
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WARNING! Risk of explosion and electric shock if batteries are charged when incorrectly wired. Never attempt to open or disassemble the battery box. If the batteries do not appear to be working correctly, contact your authorized provider. KOMFI-RIDER...
• Be aware that adding accessories or components or modifying your scooter may make it more susceptible to EMI / RFI; WARNING! Turn off your scooter as soon as it is safely possible if unintended or uncontrollable motion occurs or if unintended park brake release occurs. KOMFI-RIDER...
MONTHLY CHECK Please always check your scooter monthly for the follownig: ITEM TO CHECK INSPECTION IF THE INSPECTION FAILS Upholstery Check for worn fabric. Contact your dealer. Tiller Handle Check it is tight and not loose. Contact your dealer. KOMFI-RIDER...
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Your scooter has a unique identification number which is located on your scooter at several different locations, on the rear and front chassis and under the seat. This unique number will enable your authorized supplier to confirm with Komfi-Rider if necessary, the age of you scooter and when it was purchased.
The service life can also be considerably reduced by extreme or incorrect usage. The fact that we estimate a service life for this product does not constitute an additional warranty. KOMFI-RIDER...
2. Defective or worn out battery 2. Load test batteries. If necessary 3. Cold weather reduces battery replace. life 3. Allow batteries to reach room 4. Defective charger temperature and then fully re- charge 4. Contact your Scooter Dealer KOMFI-RIDER...
• Check the splitter connectors between the front and driving back sections of the scooter. • Contact your service agent. Other internal errors. Scooter • Check all wiring connections including main battery stops connections. driving • The controller needs replacing. • Contact your service agent. KOMFI-RIDER...
BATTERIES Batteries are covered by a six (6) month warranty from the original manufacture and a further six (6) month warranty at the discretion of Komfi-Rider. Note: Gradual deterioration in performance due to batteries being left in a discharged state, left in cold conditions for long periods of time or worn out through heavy use is not covered.
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This warranty only covers failures due to defects in materials or workmanship which occur during normal use and does not cover damage that occurs in shipment or failures which are caused by products not supplied by Komfi-Rider or failures resulting from accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, mishandling, misapplication, alteration, modification, commercial use or by anyone other than an authorized dealer, or damage that is attributable to the acts of God.
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Warranty Application Form Important Notice – To ensure your product warranty is validated you must complete the online application form within 14 days of purchase. To complete your warranty please visit: www.komfi-rider.co.uk/warranty-registration/ The Komfi-Rider Team KOMFI-RIDER...
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