The contact owns a 2025 MD Cart LSV. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to respond. The contact was able to coast the vehicle to the side of the road, where the vehicle rolled to a stop. The vehicle was purchased from a Costco Store. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided even with warranty coverage on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 30.
2025 Cartcraft Evolution Low Speed Vehicle
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWhile crossing the road—right at the center—my Evolution brand low-speed vehicle, with less than eighty miles on the odometer and full battery charge, completely shut off. No warning lights, no alerts, no gradual slowdown. Screen went pitch black. The whole thing died. Before I could move or react, it restarted by itself. And since my foot was still on the accelerator, it shot forward—slammed straight into two mailboxes. I managed to back up once the display finally came on. But over the next three days, it kept happening. Randomly. At full charge. Sudden blackout, sudden restart, sudden surge. Once showed an R zero one two battery error. This isn't safe. It's unpredictable.
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.