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Switch faults – Cub Cadet RZT-S Zero Electric User Manual

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Switch faults

The VCM sends 5 volts out pin 8 of the 16 pin connector. This 5 volts goes to the:

Charger door switch

Brake switch

TPS assembly

Steering sensor

PTO switch

Seat switch (via the charger door switch)

NOTE: The TPS, charger door, seat and PTO switches have dual circuits as a redundancy and are considered

critical safety inputs.

NOTE: The charger door switch is considered a critical safety switch and gets its redundancy by splitting its

output. The output goes to the VCM but has a branch that goes to the seat switch. The branched circuit
supplies the power to the seat switch circuit. If the charger door circuit is open, the VCM will have 0
volts for both the charger door and the seat switch circuits. The charger door switch is a higher priority
than the seat switch, so only the charger door message will appear on the display.

Seat switch

The seat switch receives 5 volts from the charger door switch through a brown wire (early production units

may have a red wire with a white trace). That wire goes to pin 2 of the seat switch connector and is jumped to pin 4.

Pins 1 and 3 are independent return paths to the VCM. The orange wire goes to pin 4 of the 16 pin VCM connector
and the orange wire with a white trace goes to pin 3.

NOTE: Both the orange wire and the orange wire with a with trace have a diode in them that prevents a back

feed from the VCM.

If there is a seat fault:

NOTE: The charger door circuit must be functioning

properly before testing the seat switch cir-
cuit.

1.

Inspect the seat switch connection.

2.

Remove the VCM by following the procedures
described in the Vehicle Control Module (VCM) sec-
tion of this chapter.

3.

Install the harness break out adapters.

4.

Turn the key switch to the “ON” position

5.

Set a DMM to measure DC volts.

6.

Measure the voltage from pin 7 of the 12 pin con-
nector to pin 3 of the 16 pin connector.
See Figure 5.60.

7.

Measure the voltage from pin 7 of the 12 pin connector to pin 4 of the 16 pin connector

If the DMM reads 4 - 5 volts, at both locations the VCM is faulty.

Figure 5.60

12 pin adapter

16 pin adapter