Tom I had a problem like that. Took the remote apart and found the plastic tab was out of whack in the remote that pushes the acuator down inside the remote straightened it out and remote has been fine since.
same hear the egg crate looking thing had holes wore in it called minn kota and they sent me 2 at no coast
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