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Jim_Bakker
May 08, 2008Explorer
Mel Johansen wrote:
Retractable steps. Has anyone had a problem with the steps not going down when the screen door is opened? I went out last night in the dark to turn off some lights, stepped ouy and no stairs. I broke a toe as I fell all the way down. I was fortunate to have hold of the bar as I went down. The switch was off in order to keep the stairs in the down position. This is a dangerous situation.
Mel
A fellow member of our California Pacers club (an FMCA chapter of Pace Arrow owners) had a similar problem. She was quite badly injured and they took legal action against both Fleetwood and Kwikee. The matter was settled before going to trial, and the settlement agreement prevents them from discussing their situation. I've never fully understood what they thought caused the problem, but I think it might have been inadvertently changing the position of the step switch, thinking the porch light was being turned on/off. All of us in the club have now put a guard over the step switch to keep us from unknowingly changing it's position.
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