Minn Kota ultera

[sinkermaker]

I am just finishing up my new to me pontoon. I installed a 36 volt ultera on it and I have never tried it so today I tried it out and guess what it want work. Could not get it to do anything. I checked voltage at the plug and it was 38 volts. Every time I try to get it to deploy it shows a motor error. Called the. Crappie hole and it will be 2 weeks before he can look at it. So tomorrow I am calling minn Kota and see if they can help. Really stinks

[BAMA S]

Awe man. Sorry to hear that. Mine has been trouble free

[lowe175]

Sorry to hear that. Now my new one has to be turned on at the motor. It had me stumped because my old one came on automatic.

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[sinkermaker]

This is my third ultera I have one on my boat and it has been trouble free.

[Herewego]

Hope MK can help you get it going.




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[91tiger]

Is it powering up when you push the power button at the base of the trolling motor? As mentioned above, it has to be manually powered on at the start of each fishing day. If it is powering on, have you been able to pair your remote to it? Until the remote is paired to the motor, it will not do anything. Once it is paired, you can test the system by double tapping the deploy button. It should start to deploy then as soon as it starts, hit the stow button one tap to stop it from deploying. I've got 3 of the newest generation Ultera's and had 2 of the old generation ones and they were all trouble free once I learned how to use them.

Also, 38 volts for a fully charged battery bank seems fairly low. It should be closer to 39.3 or higher for fully charged AGM batteries.

[sinkermaker]

Hey 91 tiger with posts like the one you just posted you will make a lot of friends on CDC. Just for your info this is my third ultera I also have one on my walleye boat. It has been trouble free. The newest models do not have to be learned they are done at the factory.

[Rees Guide]

Hope it is just out of time and they can walk you through that. Mine did the same after loosing power while deploying, talking about a pain in the rear!!!! fished a tourney with a half deployed trolling motor in 3 foot rollers and won the tourney, fondest memory so far in my tourney fishing days and doubt it will ever be topped.
When you call don't take no crap, they tried to put me off to a local service rep and I told them I needed it going now.
Good luck, hollar if you get over this way.
Have you tried pulling on the foot of the motor? If it got bumped or pushed way up it the cradle it will get the same error.

[91tiger]

Hey 91 tiger with posts like the one you just posted you will make a lot of friends on CDC. Just for your info this is my third ultera I also have one on my walleye boat. It has been trouble free. The newest models do not have to be learned they are done at the factory so get the facts before critizing someone.

Are you being serious that my post in some way was offensive? If so I would really appreciate you pointing out which part of it because it certainly wasn’t my intention. The poor guy just put a ton of money into a brand new trolling motor and is asking for help or recommendations in getting it going. That’s what I was trying to provide. I honestly was trying to be helpful and I would really like to know what I said that didn’t appear that way.
I truly am stunned at your reply.

As far as not having to Pair the remote, they may be doing that from the factory now but it is still something that would be worth trying. I have several spare remotes and they have to be paired to the motor, I have no idea if the one that came in the box needs to be initially paired of not, but once again it’s something I would check.

[trypman1]

Check your inline fuse, or breaker box!