Slideout extended while driving?

kalsbeek wrote:
I did the band aid first for a week or so and then the dealer gave me the instructions I shared here and it worked. Somehow the motor brake had released on its own and had to be reset. You can only do this with the slide fully OUT as I explained.

You can engage and disengage the motor lock at any point, except when the room is fully IN. When fully IN, the lock mechanism is kind of jammed and the lever is hard to release. The Point of the Electric motor lock is to keep the room IN TIGHT and allow manual retraction if the motor fails. The usual reason the lock gets released is because when people are removing or installing storage items they accidently hit the lever and it releases. A quick test to determine if your Brake lock is released is to retract the room and when it fully retracts, when you release the button, IF the room relaxes and goes out an inch or less, the lock is in the release position. When engaged, when you release the retract button the room will stay at that point. If you take the rubber boot off the end of the motor, you will see a metal indent that snaps in place to keep the lock tab from just working loose by itself. Doug