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bobkatmsu
Explorer
May 30, 2013

Driving with slides out

A couple weeks ago I brought my 38' Safari Simba out of storage to the house to do some work on it. While working I had put out one of the bedroom slides. After I was finished I was going to return to the storage and got in fired it up put it in reverse and then checked my mirrors before I backed up. I had failed to bring in the slide. I was surprised that there was not some type of safety feature that would not allow some idiot, like me, to drive with the slide out. Are all Class A's like this?
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  • wildtoad's avatar
    wildtoad
    Explorer II
    May 30, 2013
    If I remember correctly, the RV movie with Robin Williams showed them going down the road. The outside shots showed the slides in, the inside shots the slides had to be out. Of course that was a movie.

    But you would think they would have an override or at leat an idiot light on the dash similar to "Jacks Down".
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    May 30, 2013
    ours is. and while "slides in" is on our checklist it would be easy to overlook this when feeling rushed.
  • dieharder's avatar
    dieharder
    Explorer
    May 30, 2013
    There are photos of some A's driving along with a slide or slides out. Yikes!

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