Help Please (Control switch replace?)

RSG

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Can someone help me please? What are my options?

I own an electric bike I bought online roughly a year ago. a POLARNA M3. Some internet research has taught me POLARNA has M2's M4's et cetera.. Mine's an M3.
Last month I was biking to work and I run over small patch of ice. And I slide to my right, the bike coming to a stop when run into what I can only describe as the side of the road. The side of the road basically being sloped almost like a hill with boulders and tall grass? Which being middle of winter, so everything was nearly covered with a blanket of snow. I don't think what the side of the road looks like really is important to my story.

Noone was hurt, but I did continue to bike to work that afternoon. But while I was riding to work I noticed, a part from my handlebars was missing. Which someone tells me is called a control switch.
I was able to bike to work fine because the right hand side of the handlebars is my throttle. But the part that broke off, (the 'control switch' I guess its appropriate name?) the switch had broke off.

I am unable to turn my bike on and off. I cannot turn the light on at night.. and there was a + and - button to change speeds/modes. All four buttons (the power, lights and speed changer) were all part of the same piece. Connected with little wires. I don't have the piece now, but I'm wondering what my options are? I'm willing to pay someone to help me build one if I have too. And anything online I find are all only one button switches.

Along with my message, here is a picture of where the missing part would go. There's at least four tiny wires.. blue yellow red... The picture is a close up of the left side of my handlebars..
the button with the two arrows beneath the wires are where the bike signals left or right.
 

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From the Polo web site. On the top, there are two arrow buttons with a power button in the middle? Lights is the bottom button facing to the rear?
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Usually, the arrow switches are three spst switches with a common connection. That requires 4 wires. The lights would add a 4th switch and a 5th wire, Count your wires again, .

If you have some electrical knowledge, you can make this switch work for the motor controls, Will be some trial and error to associated the up, power, and down buttons with the proper wire color, The unit cable goes direct to the display?


You can buy a second handlebar switch for the lights,
 
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Or you could contact POLARNA and see if they will sell you a new display, These switches are usually attached direct to the display.
 
Having jus read your reply, I went inspecting my handlebars again, and yes the missing four button piece I described above, does go directly into the display. I don't have any electrical knowledge. Your amazon link you provided might jus be what I'm looking for. Thank you! And thank you for the immediate reply. Should I not hear back from POLARNA, and I'll have to create an amazon account, Which I should be able to no problem in a couple hours.

I would like to keep this thread active should I have to buy the item in the link above. I am confident should I receive the part this month sometime, I am gonna have no idea how to put it together haha.
 
Probably shouldn't buy it unless you're able to solder/splice two cables together,
Buy tin/lead solder with rosin core. Use safety glasses, solder splashes especially when you are removing it. I buy my solder and soldering irons at newark, the US arm of Farnell in the UK. You will want some heat shrink tubing to put on the wires before soldering, then slide down over the joint after the wires are joined. Then shrink the tubing with a hair dryer on high.
 
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