Posted By: wrestlefish
Motorguide Xi3 won't deploy - 12/24/22 06:30 PM
I have a Xi3 saltwater i bought in may of 2021. Used it twice. Both times it was tough to deploy and I was struggling with the pinpoint. PUt it off to user error. Then my main motor went down in June and it sat inside storage until now. Just put a brand new Yamaha 115 SHO on my Bluewave. Love it. So I take my "new" boat out and again, trolling motor difficult to deploy. But I got it. And it took forever to find gps signal but the light finally came on. Found a brush pile, hit anchor mode and we preceded to move erratically around the spot. It is like it loses signal, drifts off, and then lurches back to the spot when the signal is regained. This has been normal behavior for this unit. But now I can't even get it out of the cradle. It is on a quick release bracket. I hear this is a great unit. Maybe I got a lemon. how do I get this thing out of the cradle. I took the side pieces off so I can see the pins which do move. It is like it is siezed up. The cradle will not move forward when I push.