# Gem Car battery issues **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [February 15, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442 "2019-02-15T21:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChristianFixIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@ChristianFixIt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ChristianFixIt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/1 "2019-02-15T21:51:36Z")
I have a 2002 Gem 4 seater and have been experiencing consistent battery issues. It has 31 marine deep cycle batteries in it. I tested the voltage of all six batteries and they all came out with a reading of 12.4~ volts each. I also filled all them up with distilled water. Left it charging for two nights only to turn it on and get a reading of 85%. Took it out for a couple hours of light weight use and went down to 32%. Could my batteries just be done and need to be replaced? Any insight would be great help. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Inwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/inwo/32/1067_2.png) [@Inwo](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Inwo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/2 "2019-02-15T21:53:40Z")
Sounds about right. 2hrs must be more than 15 miles? Was it ever better than that? ---
**Author:** ![ChristianFixIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@ChristianFixIt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ChristianFixIt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/3 "2019-02-15T21:55:21Z")
Way less than that I’d say maybe 1-2 miles at slow speeds. ---
**Author:** ![grantwest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/grantwest/32/15_2.png) [@grantwest](https://community.electricforum.com/u/grantwest)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/4 "2019-02-15T22:34:39Z")
Wow it to you 2 hrs to go 1-2 miles. Were you pushing it 🙂 LOL when you said you went out for 2 hrs that’s a long Gem car ride in my book. But when you clarified you only only went 1-2 miles. Yes sounds like you need new battery’s my friend. ---
**Author:** ![ChristianFixIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@ChristianFixIt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ChristianFixIt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/5 "2019-02-15T23:31:57Z")
Yea we use our gem car for promoing at the business I work for. So we drive really slow and take a lot of stops to hand out brochures. Which is exactly why it draining so quickly concerns me. I guess now I have to think about installing new batteries on my own maybe which I have never done before. ---
**Author:** ![newgem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@newgem](https://community.electricforum.com/u/newgem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/6 "2019-02-18T16:56:37Z")
A least one off the battery is shot. If you want success, replace them all. ---
**Author:** ![ChristianFixIt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@ChristianFixIt](https://community.electricforum.com/u/ChristianFixIt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/gem-car-battery-issues/15442/7 "2019-02-20T20:34:33Z")
Thanks for the feedback