Water Pump and Generator Problems
We just picked up our 2001 Fleetwood Bounder motorhome from a local dealer, where it had been since mid-December getting some body work done. It spent most of that time sitting outside the facility in very cold Erie, PA winter temperatures, sometimes well below zero degrees, waiting for a service bay to free up so our work could be done.
Despite repeated pleas over the course of the three months it was there to make sure the batteries were kept charged, both the engine battery and the coach batteries were dead when we picked it up.
We eventually jump started it and made the drive home, where we promptly plugged the coach into an electrical outlet to recharge the coach batteries.
We then discovered two problems that did not exist when we dropped off the motorhome with the dealer. First, we noticed the water pump was running and could not be turned off (this may have even contributed to the dead batteries.) The coach was winterized, so there was no water in the system to pump, but any attempts to shut the pump off at any of the switches was unsuccessful. We were finally able to turn it off by removing the DC fuse from the panel.
The second problem we encountered was the inability to turn on the Onan generator, either from the dash or from the switch at the generator itself. It clicks but does not start.
Before we return the rig to the dealer to address these problems, I thought I would check with you forum readers to see if there was some simple thing we weren't doing that could correct these two issues.
Any ideas would surely be appreciated.
Despite repeated pleas over the course of the three months it was there to make sure the batteries were kept charged, both the engine battery and the coach batteries were dead when we picked it up.
We eventually jump started it and made the drive home, where we promptly plugged the coach into an electrical outlet to recharge the coach batteries.
We then discovered two problems that did not exist when we dropped off the motorhome with the dealer. First, we noticed the water pump was running and could not be turned off (this may have even contributed to the dead batteries.) The coach was winterized, so there was no water in the system to pump, but any attempts to shut the pump off at any of the switches was unsuccessful. We were finally able to turn it off by removing the DC fuse from the panel.
The second problem we encountered was the inability to turn on the Onan generator, either from the dash or from the switch at the generator itself. It clicks but does not start.
Before we return the rig to the dealer to address these problems, I thought I would check with you forum readers to see if there was some simple thing we weren't doing that could correct these two issues.
Any ideas would surely be appreciated.
