Sporadic Issue with text input

I have a transaction that performs the following steps:

1,  Log into site using ID and Password

2.  Answers2 challenge questions

3.  Match a keyword

The Issue I'm having with this transaction is as follows:

While the ID and password are handled correctl, the answers to the two challenge questions (same answer for both)  are only handled correctly 60% of the time.  The other 40% of the time, the answers to both questions are entered in the same field!

I tried using XY mode to fix this issue an force the passwords into the two separate fields, however while it works 100% in the recorder, it works 0% in the player.

I am using version 1.5.1 both on the player machine and on the orion server.

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