Rv Electric Steps Not Working

Even the new ones have trouble.

Rv electric steps not working.

It is also linked to the ignition. The step motor is likely bad and needs to be replaced. While visiting a fellow rver friend of mine recently i helped him out by diagnosing and fixing his motorhome entrance steps. The most obvious source of the problem is that you have inadvertently hit a switch that turns off the automatic steps.

The electric step on my motor home is not working. Sometimes they work sometimes they don t. Be careful where you place your hands and arms when reconnecting plugs on the step. It works on two switches out and in.

If your rv uses door sensors to control step motion you could have an issue with the sensors being blocked out of alignment. Depending on the system you have there could be a fuse in the main power panel or in the wiring between the battery and step controller or motor. They were stuck in the out posit. I believe it also works off a remote control.

If a positive or negative voltage is present when the door switch is activated then the step motor is getting power but not working. The power supply that your parked rv is plugged into can cause problems if it is supplying too much or too little power fluctuates is not grounded correctly or its connector is corroded. When the ignition is on it retracts. When it is in the off position the steps will not go in or out automatically.

It s usually the power plug that supplies power t. A refrigerator working appliances lights and other machinery run on electricity and when electrical problems arise you need to know how to troubleshoot them. I have had the step pulled apart and there is nothing mechanically wrong. For instance in our rv there is a toggle switch near the entry door that allows us to turn off the automatic steps.

The electric motor is getting power so it is not the fuse. Make sure you re not in the way of the step mechanism.