I have been at Winnebago in Forest City, IA for several days waiting for service. While here, It is alarming to see all the motorhomes here that are having problems with their slide outs that have the Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system by- Lippert Components, Inc. One has stated that their slides have failed 10 times in the last year and are threatening a lemon law suit, that is available in their state.How about you...Any problems with your Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system by Lippert Components, Inc.

What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.

IMHO poor installation and poor selection of the Schwintek to move heavy slides has caused problems for Winnebago and Thor. Schwinteks do fine when moving slides that smaller, like bedroom slides. They do poorly for the large kitchen and living room slides. Those are better moved by hydraulics or larger geared electric slides.I have a Tiffin Phaeton and the big slides are hydraulic and the bedroom slides are Schwintek. No problems to date.

GMandJM wrote:What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.In talking with the owners, it appears that the larger slide are giving the most problems. The motor gears strip the track that pushes the slide out or in.

We had an issue early in our first year with the full wall slide on our 2014 Itasca Suncruiser. It would not retract evenly, ending up with one end sticking out about an inch. Parts were replaced, adjustments made, and all has been OK since. The service tech told us several times to be absolutely sure that the motorhome be accurately leveled before extending the slide.

Had to have the main slide rebuilt on my Voltage, which, by the way, dumped the Schwintek slide system this year in favor of a cable system. I've vowed to never own another RV with a Schwintek slide.

Winnebago, Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system - Problems ??

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Bruce_Brown
Moderator
Sep 23, 2015
We saw one parked in the long term lot in Gettysburg this past summer. The slide was about 1/2 way out and crooked. Looked bad for sure.
azdryheat
Explorer
Sep 23, 2015
Had to have the main slide rebuilt on my Voltage, which, by the way, dumped the Schwintek slide system this year in favor of a cable system. I've vowed to never own another RV with a Schwintek slide.
Doin_it
Explorer
Sep 22, 2015
We had an issue early in our first year with the full wall slide on our 2014 Itasca Suncruiser. It would not retract evenly, ending up with one end sticking out about an inch. Parts were replaced, adjustments made, and all has been OK since. The service tech told us several times to be absolutely sure that the motorhome be accurately leveled before extending the slide.
rv2go
Explorer II
Sep 22, 2015
GMandJM wrote:
What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?

Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.

In talking with the owners, it appears that the larger slide are giving the most problems. The motor gears strip the track that pushes the slide out or in.
luvlabs
Explorer
Sep 22, 2015
IMHO poor installation and poor selection of the Schwintek to move heavy slides has caused problems for Winnebago and Thor. Schwinteks do fine when moving slides that smaller, like bedroom slides. They do poorly for the large kitchen and living room slides. Those are better moved by hydraulics or larger geared electric slides.

I have a Tiffin Phaeton and the big slides are hydraulic and the bedroom slides are Schwintek. No problems to date.
GMandJM
Explorer
Sep 22, 2015
What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?

Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.

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