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Help me avoid paying $200 for an I pilot remote

Posted on 2/25/24 at 8:21 am
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 8:21 am
I have a pre-bluetooth ulterra. My 3rd or 4th remote crapped out on me finally. I'm not a fan of paying $200 for another one of these raggedy pieces of shite. Are yall aware of anyone who repairs these things? Sells refurbished ones for cheaper? I think I'm up to 4 broken ones now.
Posted by mtcheral
BR
Member since Oct 2008
1948 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 8:35 am to
Glad you posted this as I am having to figure this out with the weather getting good again myself. Mine is Bluetooth and I was able to use the phone app but functions with that are very limited. Can’t even deploy or retract with it. Sucks to pay $200 for a remote and not even sure that’s gonna fix the problem.
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
17334 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:07 am to
You may have some luck with the tech board, a lot of times the remotes for these things are fairly cheap Chinese components that can be upgraded or replaced. No idea how youd need to interface with it in some way though, and that might be the dealbreaker to DIY it.
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31239 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:09 am to
Maybe try Ebay.
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3340 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 9:30 am to
I bought one from bass pro and the fricker didn’t even come with a lanyard.
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast
Member since Nov 2018
770 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 10:13 am to
I gave up and bought a wired foot pedal. The only part of my remote that malfunctioned was the deploy button so the trolling motor was completely useless.
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
11533 posts
Posted on 2/25/24 at 7:20 pm to
call minn kota... they have surprised me before sending me replacement parts for free when I just called and asked a question.
Posted by BrotherEsau
Member since Aug 2011
3504 posts
Posted on 2/26/24 at 1:01 pm to
Post a pic of it.

I have two for a motor that crapped out and I junked. It was a pre-Bluetooth terrova.

If they are the same, I’ll give you both.
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