I had the same problem. I initially thought it was in the motor housing so I bought another motor housing. Still had intermittent steering. Cleaned the pedal and that was not the problem. It ended up being the board. I upgraded to the V2 board from Northland Marine and got the copilot from eBay. Only plus side was I got a really good deal on the trolling motor initially. Good luck.
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