My bad, you are correct. It is Mike Cole, not Smith.
And Tracker Marine is authorized to do warranty work, BUT they will only do warranty work on Minnkota motors purchased from them or from Bass Pro Shops. If it was purchased elsewhere, they WILL NOT do warranty work on the motor.
Luckily for me, I had a Terrova 101# thrust TM on my bass boat and am able to still run my guide service. If I had not have had the extra motor, I would not have taken mine off the boat and sent it in for repairs. I would have waited until winter when the business slows dramatically. Better to limp along and keep working than to be dead in the water.
And as Catch & Release said, I love the Terrova w/Ipilot, that is why when I bought my new boat, I wanted the latest and greatest. Unfortunately, it looks like I got a lemon. I tried the trick of six gauge wire, even took the batteries and moved them to within 6 feet of the TM WITH the six gauge wire thinking that might solve the problem. Nope, same thing. I took it to the lake, dropped it in, took off from the dock, kicked the TM on 10, ran about 15 seconds and shut off. Turned it down to 9, same thing. 8, same thing. 7, same thing. 6, Ran all day.
Nothing mattered, using foot pedal or remote. Wouldn't continue to run on any setting over 6.5.
Called Minnkota this morning, told the tech what was going on. He said company policy is to repair the motor, never send out a new motor. The warranty is good for two years (hope I get it back before then) and it doesn't matter if the motor fails from day 1 or day 729.
I think I'll go on their FB page and bitch a little there.
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