Minn Kota Talon Top 5 Problems

These are the Top 5 Most Common Problems we see with the Talon.
If you need any of these parts or repair videos, the links are below.

***Part Links***

Minn Kota Talon Motor Assembly (Bluetooth):

Minn Kota Talon Motor Assembly (Non-Bluetooth):

Minn Kota Talon Control Board (Bluetooth):

Minn Kota Talon Control Board (Non-Bluetooth):

Minn Kota Talon 3rd Stage Latch:

Minn Kota Talon 3rd Stage Latch Replacement Kit:

Minn Kota Slide Gib Replacement Kit:

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[robertmccorkle]

Great information. I just got a boat with Talons and I have never used Talons before so this is very helpful information for me. Thanks for the info.

[ronniestricklin]

Awesome how-to video. by the way. I appreciate all the extra little parts you send with the kit, too.

[vfpaintjobs]

Nice, I have add on. THE DOWNWARD RELAY, IF COMES it comes up after you manually let it down BUT CLICKS when you push the down position. its the relay, but they are molded in, so do we have to replace the whole board?

[cxp]

Thanks for the video! My talons have slowed down and one gets stuck at times. It looks like a couple gibs have screws backed out. I've ordered the parts from your site but cannot find any good instructions or videos on how to replace. Would this be something on your future list ? :)

[MPDamon]

Is there any how to's on replacing the 3rd stage latch?

[galacticcrusader]

my talon stopped deploying once in a while 2 weeks ago, a week ago it deployed only 25% of the time and now it doesnt deploy at all, it seems like it tries to deploy but then then fail and beeps 3 times as it gives up on trying. any idea what the issue could be? cheers

[DonnaMarsh-ev]

My husband hit the down button and didn't know how to stop it and it deployed on concrete will that hurt it? It now sounds like the cables came undone and won't retract. Help!!

[SkiRomanowski]

My Talon has power with all lights flashing (depth and Anchor lights) It will not deploy and makes no sound. Could this be a bad controll board? Vidio has no mention of my problem.

[ronniestricklin]

My Talon just makes a clicking sound like the brake is releasing but nothing happens. The top, middle and bottom lights come on and goes back to just the top light. I ordered a new board and motor from you guys, changed them both out, and still have the same issue. My battery was a little low. Could that be the issue? I have it charging, and will check it later today.

[stephenmeyer]

So my talon will deploy but the spike won’t retract. It beeps 3 times and stops. The talon is making noise as if it’s trying but the spike stays. I can easily slide it up and down by hand. Any help?

[rickmartinez]

My talon are not deploying but does have power to it. What could be the problem?

[MargieBrakefield]

How do you remove or just loosen the cables in 10 foot talon?

[tombiga]

Not sure if you did cover this one but don't really know how to explain it just my Talon doesn't work, just going off what mechanic said it has power but isn't working. Brand new never used. Said to take to service center which i will not do, i will take it back to boat place that installed it and say give me my fing money back. Think they may have gotten it off amazon, since Talon was discontinued awhile ago i believe. The 8 ft, i know the 15ft is only out there available. Not first time this dealer got a part off amazon, they bought a 10$ gauge for my Lithium battery cause they said the other one was to complicated to install. Yeah cheap un-American parts vs name brand will be the reason things do and don't work. Not sure what is up with Talon, i hope mechanic wasn't thinking and used the wrong remote, that is just wishful thinking, seeing i have 2 remotes, non bluetooth and a bluetooth.

[jasonniemier]

I rope with a steel anchor is far more dependable.

[JamboneMan]

I have the older version of the Talon (non-bluetooth). Do you have any idea where I could find a remote for the older Talons? Both of the remotes that I have failed. One just simply fell apart and the other just kills the battery very quickly. I was going to try to swap parts to make one good remote but I think I lost or discarded one of them. Any help would be awesome. I may just buy a newer model this year. Thanks.