Rovers won't move?

[RedPandaz]

I tested my base rover on Kerbin and it went to 40 m/s. I landed it on Minmus and it won't move more than 1 m/s. What's going on?

 

[Slam_Jones]

My best guess is a loss of traction due lowered gravity.

Do you have any screenshots of the rover in question?

[invision]

make sure the brakes are not set to on by mistake

[Slam_Jones]

17 minutes ago, invision said:

make sure the brakes are not set to on by mistake

I've been there far too often...

[Geonovast]

[dvp]

Does it have more than one "control from" option? You might have the wrong one active.

[Deddly]

Hi! I moved the thread to Gameplay Questions, since it seems to fit better in here. Hope you get the issue sorted out.

[Geonovast]

I've also run into the issue where, somehow, a setting gets changed and the front wheels spin forward and the rears spin backwards.  Had it happen with these:  Even though they were all copied from the same source (sub assembly), I had to change wheel direction settings on two of the four after landing:

[RedPandaz]

7 hours ago, Slam_Jones said:

My best guess is a loss of traction due lowered gravity.

Do you have any screenshots of the rover in question?

Probably this. Drove at 30 m/s on Kerbin, but 4 m/s on Minmus

[Helmetman]

Roving with electric wheel motors on Minmus usually doesn't work because of lower gravity. 
It's best to use a ion engine(s) and some extra rcs ports for propulsion. You can also use a rcs port to temporarily push the vessel to the ground while accelerating on the wheels.
Maybe it's just unable to accelerate. It's possible that the wheels alone get sustain the speed once you go faster. Added benefit of a top rcs port is that you can push yourself to the ground without rotating the craft. This gives it more of a rover feel if you prefer.
Also set the traction settings on the wheels to max (5.0)

[Geonovast]

If the rover has any reaction wheels, make sure they're off.