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JimMartin
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Aug 18, 2014

Single Kwikee electric step stopped working ??

My single Kwikee electric step stopped working. Stuck in the up position. First I checked the fuse. It's fine. Then I removed the cotter pin and lowered the step, removed the old motor and bench tested it. It works fine on a 12v battery? What now?

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  • Looked at the step again this morning. Apparently the person who owned it before me did some work to it.

    The roll pin ( or whatever you call it) is missing. The gear between the motor and the step moves around because of this. Also there is no longer a controller wired into my step. The motor is just hard wired to the switch inside the RV.

    FYI: There is no door switch on this model.

    Went to local RV repair guy and he gave me a old roll pin he had. I will try to put it in tomorrow and see if it works.
  • Test the door switch - both toggle and magnetic. If motor works and switches work then chances are you need a new controller unit. Kwikee used to have a step by step diagnostic PDF on their website - worth a loook.
  • Is there power at the wire that goes to the motor? If there is power at the fuse maybe the problem is in the wire from the fuse to the motor. I know I have seen a lot of cheesy wire connections out in the elements under RV's

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