Kwikee electric step warning light.

Chris Bryant wrote:
That (the light) is going to be a non Kwikee item- usually a magnetic reed switch with a magnet. The magnet may have fallen off, or the step is not retracting enough to close the switch.

I finally got under there again and sure enough, just like Chris said, there is a reed switch on the side of the unit. The wired part with the switch in it had fallen off in the past (silicone used for adhesive had failed) and someone just tucked the switch inside the wire loom where it wasn't visible. I had just overlooked the small actuating magnet portion which is still in place. Thanks Chris.

MrWizard wrote:
My magnetic switch on this RV and the previous ones always on the door jam, the magnet has always been on the door, the switch on the jam, none outside in the weather

You are confusing the OPERATION magnet with an add on magnet that sends a signal to a dash indicator light. This type step has 2 magnets. The 2nd is NOT part of the Kwikee system and parts supplied by Kwikee. Doug

Well I didn't get out to the RV today. The wife drug me off to a home tour thing that burned my morning and then when I went out back to the RV, I found the rear window of my truck canopy had exploded from this nice Florida sun. Cleaning up that fiasco ruined my afternoon.

I was expecting to find some limit switch on the order that Havey showed but there was nothing there. The only two wires down there go to the motor. I thought maybe the motor is stopping when an amperage jump is detected but that in itself would not turn a light on and off up at the dash. I guess I will have to trace the wires all the way from the dash back to the step switch.

I don't know if it's do-able or not but I think I will see if the auto controller can be added to this model step. I had one before that had the magnetic switch on the door jam and screen door. I remember there was a brain-box screwed to the bottom of the step near the motor. It worked good.

My magnetic switch on this RV and the previous ones always on the door jam, the magnet has always been on the door, the switch on the jam, none outside in the weather

Harvey51 wrote:
I used a microswitch with a long springy wire as sensor. The switch is mounted on an L shaped metal bracket that is screwed into the wood above the step.


I tried a magnetic switch first but it was very sensitive to the distance between the switch and the step. There was just too much side to side play in the step to make the magnetic switch useful.

Maybe a light and photocell sensor was used in your setup. If so, check for mud obscuring them.

The OEM installed Magnetic switch is usually on the linkage ARM and the wired part on the motor area. That removes any possible play for a Magnetic switch

I used a microswitch with a long springy wire as sensor. The switch is mounted on an L shaped metal bracket that is screwed into the wood above the step.


I tried a magnetic switch first but it was very sensitive to the distance between the switch and the step. There was just too much side to side play in the step to make the magnetic switch useful.

Maybe a light and photocell sensor was used in your setup. If so, check for mud obscuring them.

Thanks, I will look again tomorrow for a magnetic switch.

That (the light) is going to be a non Kwikee item- usually a magnetic reed switch with a magnet. The magnet may have fallen off, or the step is not retracting enough to close the switch.

Check both fuses that supply power to the step. There is a control and a motor power fuse.