# 02 Gem E825 2 Slow and Erratic acceleration **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [August 10, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/02-gem-e825-2-slow-and-erratic-acceleration/14282 "2018-08-10T06:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![parttimepeddler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@parttimepeddler](https://community.electricforum.com/u/parttimepeddler)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/02-gem-e825-2-slow-and-erratic-acceleration/14282/1 "2018-08-10T06:48:15Z")
Hey guys. I need some help with where to go with a trouble shooting issue. My Gem was running fine the other day. I parked it for a couple of hours and went for another drive just to find it accelerated slowly, only would get half the normal speed and would lurch slightly. The batteries are only a couple of months old and I am extremely careful to maintain the water level and keep them charged. I checked the voltage and 7 were showing 8.6 v and 2 were at 8.7 v. Tomorrow I’m going to perform a load test to rule out the batteries. My question is, where do I go from there? The controller followed by the motor? By the way, the motor is nearly new as well. I purchased it from Ridr4 Fun. It’s the high performance motor. I want to learn to work on and fix everything myself. I enjoy this car. The problem is I don’t have a maintenance background so I’m really green here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Parttimepeddler ---
**Author:** ![Bcb1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/bcb1/32/6620_2.png) [@Bcb1](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Bcb1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/02-gem-e825-2-slow-and-erratic-acceleration/14282/2 "2020-05-31T16:03:51Z")
Did you find the issue?