I had the same thing happen to me. Check batteries. Make sure they ate holding a charge. If they are good, how old is the trolling motor? You may need new brushings. I rebuilt mine because my bad batteries, leak from the US2 transducer, and bad brushings burned up the armature and had to replace it all. Wasn't hard. Plenty of youtube videos to show how. Now it runs like a champ. Pulls my fish n ski to 3.5mph.
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