Minnkota Co-Pilot

  • Rich Smith
    Posts: 32
    February 1, 2018 at 5:00 pm #1749152

    Has anybody experienced their Co-Pilot getting a mind of it’s own, Then quit working ?

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13292
    February 1, 2018 at 7:28 pm #1749192

    Yes. All minkota remotes are like that. when battery goes bad just throw away and buy a new one.

    Johnie Birkel
    South metro
    Posts: 291
    February 1, 2018 at 7:55 pm #1749198

    I know plenty of people and fished in their boat with the generation prior to 2017 (gen 2??) and they all seem frustrated. I have the version that came out in 17 and have to say I have been really happy with it. I had one issue with my link, but that resolved with a software update and was solid for the second half the summer.

    Rich Smith
    Posts: 32
    February 2, 2018 at 8:07 am #1749272
    Mike W wrote:

    Yes. All minkota remotes are like that. when battery goes bad just throw away and buy a new one.

    I did replace the remote battery, still nothing? It works fine with the foot control. I will try another battery.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13292
    February 2, 2018 at 8:51 am #1749289

    I was talking about the remote not the battery.

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6005
    February 2, 2018 at 8:58 am #1749295

    Co pilot or Auto pilot? I have a co pilot well over 10 years old, no problems, original battery.

    -J.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13292
    February 2, 2018 at 9:45 am #1749322

    That should be good til you need a new battery. Do not even open it up to check on the battery or it will be junk.

    Rich Smith
    Posts: 32
    February 3, 2018 at 8:32 am #1749520
    Mike W wrote:

    I was talking about the remote not the battery.

    Mike W wrote:

    That should be good til you need a new battery. Do not even open it up to check on the battery or it will be junk.

    Ok, I will try a new remote.

    SuperDave1959
    Harrisville, UT
    Posts: 2816
    February 4, 2018 at 3:59 pm #1749744

    When it had a mind of its own, did the head spin around in circles? When mine started doing that it was the internal compass. It was about a $300 fix.

    Rich Smith
    Posts: 32
    February 4, 2018 at 4:45 pm #1749759
    SuperDave1959 wrote:

    When it had a mind of its own, did the head spin around in circles? When mine started doing that it was the internal compass. It was about a $300 fix.

    No, Just erratic, kind of jerky. I did replace the battery in the remote, I probably junked it . I don’t know why a big company would market a product that if a person replaced the battery as per instructed, that it would destroy it? Just Say’n. I wonder if the have an up-grade ?

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