Hmm not sure what happened here but I ran the car for 5 min today and then when the battery was recharged I plugged it back in but the only the steering servo works now and no motor action. I tried the motor right up to the battery and it worked fine. I switched the servo/speed controller plugins and the steering works fine with the throttle trigger but no action from the speed controller.

Do the RC speed controller burn out quickly? Can't be that fast.