# Sudden maximum speed drop
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694
**Category:** GEM Forum
**Created:** [August 10, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694 "2013-08-10T15:19:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@scott](https://community.electricforum.com/u/scott)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694/1 "2013-08-10T15:19:49Z")
I just recently acquired my first NEV, a 2002 GEM e825 and it’s maximum speed has always been 25 mph. Two weeks ago, the max speed obtainable suddenly dropped to approx. 15 mph. Does anyone know where I might start looking for the problem? Is there an electric motor reset or something else I should be looking at? Thank you.
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### Author:  [@tincup](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tincup)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694/2 "2013-08-11T08:38:52Z")
It sounds like the turf/road switch is stuck on turf. Switch back and forth from turf to road to see if that changes. You might just have a dirty switch.
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### Author:  [@scott](https://community.electricforum.com/u/scott)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694/3 "2013-08-11T09:23:15Z")
Thank you for the direction. I’ll check for the switch and give it a go!
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### Author:  [@scott](https://community.electricforum.com/u/scott)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694/4 "2013-08-11T16:07:48Z")
tincup,
You were right! The indicator button labels for various functions were worn away, but I found the turf/road switch after finding an online manual. It somehow got switched to turf. All good now, but now that I found this forum, I see that others have found ways to increase the speed from the governed speed of 25 mph to higher. Sounds like that’s my new project. Thanks again for your help.
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### Author:  [@tincup](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tincup)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/sudden-maximum-speed-drop/3694/5 "2013-08-12T08:50:05Z")
Glad to hear it worked for you:-).
Paul