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Technical | How To / Re: Kymco Like 2015 battery draining
« on: August 14, 2017, 07:24:21 PM »
Thank you everyone for your help. You are so kind. Since the scooter is still under warranty I went ahead and called a Kymco repair shop. After describing the situation, over the phone the service man said it sounded like a rectifier probably needed to be replaced. Pretty amazing for a scooter that had only 15 miles on it. His shop is busy so he scheduled an appointment for me to bring the scooter in on Sept. 1. I will do so. He said it would probably take 10 days to order a new part, so I will not get my scooter back until the middle of September. That is a bummer, but I am glad it is still under warranty. The reason I waited to take it to the repair shop (and used this forum) is because the repair shop is in another town about 45 minutes away and I will have to find a pickup truck to borrow to transport the scooter. I will post mid September the final outcome. Again, thank you everyone for your care and advice.

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Technical | How To / Re: Kymco Like 2015 battery draining
« on: August 09, 2017, 06:12:18 PM »
I purchased the Kymco 2015 Like last week. The scooter is in pristine condition having sat in a person's garage for 2 years. He bought it for his wife for Christmas 2015 and she rode it once and didn't care for it. The Like scooter  literally had 15 miles on it and still has the new smell to it.

The only accessory is a battery tender which the owner said was factory installed. I hook up the battery tender at night and the bike starts fine, but after about 15 minutes the red engine light comes on and the engine quits. There is no more juice. When I hook up jumper cables I can get the scooter to start, but as soon as I take the jumper cables off, the red light comes back on and the engine dies.

I purchased a new battery 2 days ago thinking perhaps the old battery was 2 years old and dead. After the 2 days the new battery was having the same problem. With a dead battery the engine will not turn over. If I hook up the battery tender overnight the scooter will start the next morning. But then it dies after about 15 minutes of riding. Any thoughts? I appreciate any help.

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Technical | How To / Re: Kymco Like 2015 battery draining
« on: August 08, 2017, 08:06:01 PM »
Thank you Karl for responding. The engine is not spinning. The whining lasts for about 5 seconds and then it stops because there is no more juice to cause the starter to spend. It is not a normal starting sound. When jumper cables are hooked up to the battery the starter works just fine and the scooter starts just fine. The start-run switch is in the proper run position. Is it possible that some wire is hooked up wrong, or is touching something that is causing the battery to drain over night? I totally removed the key from the ignition just to make sure nothing was turned on and still the battery was dead the next morning.

Thanks again for any help you can give me.

David

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Technical | How To / Kymco Like 2015 battery draining
« on: August 08, 2017, 05:29:30 PM »
I purchased 4 days ago a 2015 Kymco Like scooter. The scooter had 15 miles on it and had been sitting in a garage for the past 2 years. Runs great...when it will start.

Each night after the scooter has set all night the battery is dead. The red engine light comes on. I purchased a new battery yesterday thinking the old battery had sat in a garage for 2 years and was dead. This morning same thing. The starter whines, the red engine light comes on and that is it. Any suggestions as to what is causing my scooter to drain the battery?

Thanks so much,

David

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