I heard that MinnKota has extended the Ultrex warranty to 3 years, even to those that bought one when they were first released. Retroactive. Anyone else heard of this?

I saw it posted elsewhere by a VERY reliable MK repair shop. It is true. Its retroactive.

What's the percentage of those who have owned this trolling motor for a long time and have not had problems?

I've been thinking about buying one, but it seems like they all have issues.

With as many that have been sold I dont think the failure rate is that high. Also, anybody I've heard of that had a problem minn kota took care of it.

Bought one of the first ones available here at Palestine and had an issue last year...MK center here (Nautical Mile Marine- Andrew) fixed it in 30 minutes...
Would buy another one tomorrow...best piece of equipment I have on my BassCat

Me! I purchased 2 ULTREX when they first came out and knock on wood,have never had an issue with either one!

My circuit board was bad straight out of the box. It was fixed by local shop iin four days. Anything mechanical will break at some point. I would buy another one tomorrow if I had to. It truly changes everything from retieing, landing fish, sitting on that point in a 20 mph wind and actually being able to focus on fishing.

Knock on wood before I say this. I bought one of the early ones and only had one issue but it did not effect to working of the tm. The cheap plastic part broke. It is on the wiring from the foot petal to the head. It is a v shaped cheap plastic where the wiring goes into the head of the tm. Since it was shipped to me by fed-x the seller or MinKota was not concerned about it. They just kind of blew me off so I electrical tapped it and moved on. I was not happy with the dealer I bought it from and will not buy from him again. On the other had before I quit communicating about the issue he was not happy with me either.
Even with a 2 thousand dollar tm with a crack in a cheap plastic part it was the best thing I have ever added to my boat.

I'm the only person I know who hasnt had an issue. My tourney partners is in shop now with a fried board. It is nearly new.

Seems as if they have had a lot of issues from my reading fourms.


I would still have no issue buying one, Just hope they get all the kinks worked out

Best investment I ever made. I now want one on my Bay Boat. Only problem I have ever had is I broke my prop on the first trip out, I carry two now.

I bought one earlier this year and the board was bad right out of the box also. It would run constantly. All Star fixed in a day or two. Was at Fork couple weeks ago and it did the same thing. Got home and was going to pull it off and it was working fine. Gonna give it another try before taking it in. Would buy it again though, all I really use is the spot lock, but that is an awesome feature.

Better get ready. I will demand it if I'm fishing with you. We need something to hold us in the hot spot when we sit down and drink a col' beer.

I bought one in fall 2017 and used it until I sold my boat in the spring of this year. No issues whatsoever! I will not own a boat without one, period. I'm not a fan of power poles so the Ultrex takes care of sitting in one place with little effort.

Only problem I had was a busted cable, but it was my fault. It was gunked up with a ton of grass and I was mashing down on pedal and not paying attention. Cable popped.

Sweet! Just bought one this week should have it installed and ready to fish by sunday