Anyway, I had one issue and I called service and within 24 hours they called me back and a nice man walked me through the "fix".
I got the trike because of balance issues and its perfect for me. I take it to the store and recently road it on the boardwalk next to the beach.
I love my trike.
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My ew88 was not shipped until almost 10 days after the shipper, EWheels out of Arizona said it was shipped. I wasformed by Amazon that the shipper cojuld not be tracked. WRONG! eWheels only said that so they could be paid early. When it was shipped, it was by Estes Express and I gtracked it all the way. The second prob lem was also with shipping. The tryke was held in Orlando, 70 miles fromthe final delivery point from it's arrival on Friday, until Wednesday of the next week! Now as for the tryke. Once uncrated, I charged the battery. Once charged I went for a ride, a short one, as the gears onthe seconday drive fell off, causing me tolose the chain on the secdary drive and also to lose all pedal power. I called Ron Spurlock of Medical Department Stores only to be told he wojuld hav e ewheels cantact me for a resolution. That was 10 days ago. Since that time I heard what I expected to hear . . . nothing! Every body got their money, that is wh6y ewheels billed it 10 days before it shipped, to they get paid before hand and don't worry about customer service. The last thing I HEARD from ewheels, a Steve, was that "if I didn;t like his service I could stick it where the sun don't shine, I got my money!" So,in order to have a ridable tryle, something Medical Department Stores and eWheels couldn't care less about, I took mytryke to a local shop to have the tryke components inspected and repaired. They did at a cost of $250. And gthe reverse still does not operate.Steve, at ewheels,during his rantings said he had sold over 100 tyrykes in the last month. That is doubtful, because if he give the service to those others he gave tro me, there wouldhave been a lynching in Phoenix,Arizona! As a remedy for the shipping or lack thereof. When the vendor states the theitem has been shipped require that they supply you with a PRO number and the truckers name. It wojuld be an easy task to find out what is going on,especially if the trucker's namechanges likemine did, from unknown small tricker to Estes Express. No Payment to the vender until PRO submitted. That would also stop the billing ofthe customer 10 days before the item is shippe.
Donald La Marca
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I did not buy my wife's trike from an Amazon vendor but thought I would write a review to warn others. I bought mine from High5scooters (a non-Amazon vendor). The supplied seat was terrible. I replaced it with a quality one from Amazon. Actually I thought the trike was pretty well made. It does have a high center of Gravity (CG) and will tip over on turns easily if you take them too fast. My wife tipped over taking a turn too fast (in spite of my warnings to her), the trike fell on top of her and she suffered a fractured skull, concussion, broken cheekbone and broken arm. She was very luck and is doing well. None of this was the fault of the trike, it was operator error.The problem I had was with High5scooters. They never answer the phone in my experience I always got voice mail and they never returned my messages. They also do not answer emails. I actually was putting the charge in dispute when when the trike finally arrived after weeks of waiting. After my wife tipped it over the fuse flew when I tried to ride it home. I called (voice mail only again from both parties) and emailed High5scooters and the EW importer/manufacturer Ewheels Mobility Scooter asking about replacement fuses. of course none of the phone messages or emails were answered. I found the fuses on-line from another vendor and ordered 5 of them for about $14.00 including shipping.
I first tried to find a shop that would work on electric tricycles/bicycles. There are none in the Dallas Ft.Worth area. I could ship it back to the vendor for repair at great expense of crating and shipping Since I am an electronics tech with extensive knowledge and experienced in industrial AC and DC motor operation and repair I decided to attempt to fix it myself. I quickly located the problem by inspection. The front cable going into the motor had been badly abraded. It is a short pigtail that plugs in on one end and is hard-wired into the motor. Since the manufacturer and vendor will not return emails or phone calls, it will be very difficult to obtain a replacement cable as the original is not repairable. I hope the manufacturer will eventually return my calls and/or emails: if not, I have an $1100.00 pile of trash.
I give the trike 4 stars on apparent quality. I give the vendro and manufacturer 0 stars for customer service for an average of 2 stars.
DO NOT BUY THIS TRICYCLE UNLESS YOU HAVE LOCAL SUPPORT. IF IT BREAKS, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT SERVICED.
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