Minn Kota controls on the fritz.

while I was fishing yesterday, my I pilot Terrova started with a mind of it’s own. It wont respond to up/down in speed on the remote but it will adjust speed on the foot pedal. Auto pilot still works while spot lock will not. It stays on full time with the speed on the foot pedal and the only way to turn it off is to cut the power either at the motor or at the fuse/disconnect. Remote works the turning but not the speed or on and off. Did I los the circuit board? I’m waving the white flag again, HELP!!! But mostly, thanks in advance.

To verify you could download the phone app and see if it controls the speed. Phone app is slow and does not function as well as the remote. But it would verify the speed control board is functional with a wireless signal

Thanks Jack. I’ll look into that in a while. My thought is that it’s in the head because of the lack of response from either the pedal and remote, even with the remote turned off. I turned off main power and no change when fired back up after coming home, off for about an hour .

Might try replacing the battery in the remote, and then pairing/synching the remote and IP head back up together. Mine did something similar early this year or late last year, and this cured my issues of the IP not doing as it's told.

Thanks Guys, n ew battery in my plans for today.

I miss understood. I thought I read that it would work with the peddle and not fully functional with the remote

Not the case Jack. Too cold and windy for me to get out there today but I’m going to bring the pedal inside and look for stuck switches. The board isn’t hard to get to but it’ll take a minute.

From now on power to the tm breaker and tm power off. Power up, and I think it beeps to recognize the power. Left and right work ok. Auto pilot feature turns on and follow a heading. Ipilot ( spot lock) wont engage, get 5 quick beeps. All these commands are done on the pedal with the remote turned off. If I hit the constant switch, the power comes on but wont turn off any other way than to cut the power to it. The speed control on the pedal responds also. Remote turned on, it wont respond to speed, spot lock or middle button to turn it off and on.I think that covers it.

Something critical with today's Digital TM's is to cut the power to the TM before plugging in the Charger. Charger voltages can climb significantly doing damage to the electronic circuits over time.

Also one of my habits, turning it off at the breaker I mean. Rarely it has been charged when still turned on. I have charged it a very few times when I didn’t trip the disconnect but it has happened. Doesn’t pay to get in a hurry during the pre launch routine or after loading when you’re done. I call it my walk around. Did the same walk around twice a day when I drove the road. Found some odd things out of place. Good info Rojo, thanks.

What batteries are you using? If still using lead acid or AGM, maybe a cell is going bad and is causing an undervolt condition after you run for a while?

Well, I am the new winner of the booby prize. It finally got nice enough outside and i had a few minutes, so I went to find out what was up. Had to uncover half of the boat to get to everything. Powered up and it instantly began turning. Now I started getting a better look at everything involved. Still hadn’t turned on the remote. I started pushing all the buttons on the pedal and found the oblong button on the top of the pedal had wedged under the left side of the hole it sits in. Took a screwdriver and inserted and twisted and the problems left. I know what to look for now. For a change, being dumb was cheap. Thanks for all the support guys.

Well at least it was a cheap fix. My luck usually takes me down a rabbit-hole. lol Glad you got it. I'm a proud winner of several booby prizes.

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Originally Posted by jjue1979

What batteries are you using? If still using lead acid or AGM, maybe a cell is going bad and is causing an undervolt condition after you run for a while?

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I had that happen to me. Voltage would dip and cause all kinds of strange things while running on high speed for a minute. Like to never have found the issue

Skeet, I had the same issue with my Terrova about 2 years ago. Luckily I noticed it fairly quickly and got it unhung. Later in the day it happened again a few times so when I got home I ordered a new pedal. I still have the old pedal but it appears that once it's worn enough to get stuck, it's worn out and will inevitably occur again. Now that you've mentioned it, I'll pull the ole girl out and see if I can figure out a repair.

I finally remembered to dig out the old pedal and see if it could be repaired. I have pressed, mashed, squeezed, twisted, and even stomped it numerous times and now it won't stick. I'm going to put it back up as a spare but I'm not going to be able to advise on a repair when it won't act up now..... :dono


Chris