Thank you everyone for your help. You are so kind. Since the scooter is still under warranty I went ahead and called a Kymco repair shop. After describing the situation, over the phone the service man said it sounded like a rectifier probably needed to be replaced. Pretty amazing for a scooter that had only 15 miles on it. His shop is busy so he scheduled an appointment for me to bring the scooter in on Sept. 1. I will do so. He said it would probably take 10 days to order a new part, so I will not get my scooter back until the middle of September. That is a bummer, but I am glad it is still under warranty. The reason I waited to take it to the repair shop (and used this forum) is because the repair shop is in another town about 45 minutes away and I will have to find a pickup truck to borrow to transport the scooter. I will post mid September the final outcome. Again, thank you everyone for your care and advice.