Exterior of slide out floor is bulging.

I would guess that you had a leak that went unnoticed and the floor of the slide-out now needs to be replaced. It is repairable but not cheap. I've seen prices in the $3000-$6000 range to repair this.

rgatijnet1 wrote:
I would guess that you had a leak that went unnoticed and the floor of the slide-out now needs to be replaced. It is repairable but not cheap. I've seen prices in the $3000-$6000 range to repair this.

I sure hope that's not what it is!

Almost looks like the trim caught something and bent it. Maybe a screw that caught it when pulling in the slide. Are you sure the whole thing is sagging or just that piece of trim? In any event, it needs to be fixed (whatever that means) before you get water intrusion if you haven't already.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but if there is room, I would add a piece of thin angle iron over the length of the sag or replace the steel that is there with a piece of angle iron.

DSDP Don wrote:
It's hard to tell from the photo, but if there is room, I would add a piece of thin angle iron over the length of the sag or replace the steel that is there with a piece of angle iron.

Good Idea. From the pictures it looks like something like suggested above would work. Use clamps or a small jack or two, to push the materials back together and drill and thru bolt in place using flat washers on top to spread the pressure from the nuts out. No way this is a thousands of dollars fix.

I have a 2004 Fiesta,mines been like that for about 5 years now.Initially I tried metal screws but found that it interfered with the slide out operation.
Mine is definitely not from a leak. I've been keeping my eye on it,it;s not getting any worse so I just live with it.Have about 70,000 miles on it.

I haven't noticed any signs of water damage so I don't think that's what it is. Hopefully.

I'm thinking it may have happened while operating the slide. When I push up on it, I am unable to bend it back into position. It would take quite a bit of force. Would I be ok to just fill the gap with dicor or something to keep water out?

"zach477"....If you want to try something that will just fill it. Fill it thoroughly with something like liquid nails, place a support/jack under it, pushing it back into place and leave it like that for 24 hours while the glue dries. Once you've pushed it back into place, clean up the glue that oozes out.

That may be enough to make it solid and hold it's shape.

If it was mine: I would take advantage of that black screwed-on trim strip and loosen a 2-3 ft strip of that. that will let you see how the metal is formed and repair the damage using pliers, screwdrivers and moderately intense profanity. The lower floor piece looks like it tucks up under the vertical wall. once you've straightened the bent sheet metal, you might want to pump a little polyurethane sealer (walmart/lowes/HD) behind the strip (just because) and re-attach the trim strip. Maybe use a little black enamel paint to touch-up the screw heads and good as new.
Check the moving parts and make sure any snaggy stuff is repaired or you'll be doing this again...

zach477 wrote:
If it's not one thing, it's another....

Today while walking around the outside of my Fleetwood Fiesta I noticed that the floor of one of my slideouts is sagging and the seam is coming apart.

What could cause this? What should I be worried about? And how can I fix it?

Thanks!

Water got in ours, awhile back, swelling and rusting things.
After a little studying, I carefully cut away the vinyl covering on three side and letting it hang, while I cut everything out and replaced what was bad. Used some wood and angle iron for patching and making it strong and readjusted the slide itself. There may be some foam insulation in there, like mine and what you're seeing. By the time I was done, there was mostly wood in it's place on the forward outside corner. Once satisfied, I re-glued the vinyl covering. Not perfect, but looks OK and not like it's sticking out there, in plain view.