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I just bought a boat that's got a 70 pound 24 volt minn kota v2 trolling motor with auto pilot. I went fishing today and it was working good the first 30 or 40 minutes and then it just died. It will not turn on or turn left or right does anybody know what may be wrong with it? Thanks a lot!
Maybe they have the wrong size fuse on it and it blew. The fuse should be on the positive post of the battery and should be 50 amp.
Check your plug too!
Replace the battery in your autopilot.
Mine went goofy once, a quick reset (disconnect from power) took care of it.
More recmtly the the battery in my remote got weak and started causing problems.
This boat doesn't have a fuse plug in the line and I don't have a remote for the auto pilot I am still using the foot pad
the fuse should actually be a 50amp breaker at the battery post as stated. The PD V2 that I had didn't have a remote to actuate the AUTO-pilot you just pushed a button on the top of the troller. use a mulit-meter to check to see if you have power at the plug and go from there.
If you don't have a multi meter just push the charge indicator button on trolling motor base, if it dont light up check your power plug then work your way back.
Check your foot pedal. Those things are cheaply made. The mechanism that controls speed can get out of alignment. At least mine did. I switched to remote control.
might add that the only way to get remote control on a Power Drive is either co-pilot or i-pilot add onQuote:
Originally Posted by Tracker22
Actually Marc Danque owner of the Crappie hole has been making these for a long time... but once that cat was out the bag many others make their own now.Attachment 230267
Yep I have a remote similar to that one and tried it on my backup boat and it's not the remote or the pad. My auto pilot on top of the head still lights up but that's all. The battery gauge did not work when I got the trolling motor so checking that is out of the question also
I don't know how much power it takes to illuminate the red light for the auto pilot...I would still get a multi meter and make sure you have 24 volt at the tm plug,
If you do then it's gonna take some trouble shooting from a pro.
Sounds like a control board.