SkeeterZX,
Not sure if there is anyway you can go without some hassle...but I'd contact MG.
I had a new 82lb 2006 digital steer..1st time out started spinning around and left to right like the head on that girl that played in the Exorcist...it went beserk.
Got it replaced with another one....it worked ok but was a pain lifting up and down (had a 54 lb brute MG for 10 yrs...no problems ever)....got rid of it too and now use a MinnKota...have had it 6 months or so...easy up and down..no problems...the way things are these days the most important thing is the people you buy from anyway....too old to wait for customer service to pick up and answer...much too old to wait for a call back
Good luck and if they won't replace it....switch.
PM