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robby1824
Explorer
Aug 11, 2014

Popped off 2 cabinet doors already!!

OK....so we have our new awesome 5ther with slides....problem is the back cabinets come open when we drive over rough roads (not avoidable sometimes)....we CANNOT see the cabinets when we push the slides out, and voila! a cabinet door ripped off....we got the first one fixed with our punch list, but the second is all me to replace....we have a problem with many cabinets opening...is there a good mod or something we can do so that we ensure the cabinets stay closed?? No major biggie to put the door back on, but my wife is PISSED...and that is not good, as many of us know!! Don't want to tape it everytime we travel....just looking for a mod we can use with confidence....thank you!!!
  • Duke-44's avatar
    Duke-44
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    Duke-44 wrote:
    ol Bombero-JC wrote:
    Duke-44 wrote:
    Yes we had 2x this problem in our former RV w/rear kitchen. Refrigerator came open then broke off.

    We loved the floor plan, but couldn't put up with doors opening and everything on the floor. We got a new unit with different floor plan. We do have some cabinets in the back with the new unit, but they don' open during travel even on extremely bumpy roads.



    Wow.

    Expensive solution!..:R

    Happy RVers. Happy dealers..:C

    ~



    We actually sold the unit for exactly what we paid for it.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Aug 11, 2014
    robby1824 wrote:
    OK....so we have our new awesome 5ther with slides....problem is the back cabinets come open when we drive over rough roads (not avoidable sometimes)....we CANNOT see the cabinets when we push the slides out, and voila! a cabinet door ripped off....we got the first one fixed with our punch list, but the second is all me to replace....we have a problem with many cabinets opening...is there a good mod or something we can do so that we ensure the cabinets stay closed?? No major biggie to put the door back on, but my wife is PISSED...and that is not good, as many of us know!! Don't want to tape it everytime we travel....just looking for a mod we can use with confidence....thank you!!!


    All good suggestions, here, but why should =you= do anything? You've got a brand new FW, presumably still under warranty, and this is, IMO, a design defect. Take it back to the dealer and have it fixed, and insist on modifications to keep it from happening again. Absolute BS... I still like my idea of sending a warranty repair bill for =my= labor and parts to the manufacturer...at posted shop rates. :-)

    Lyle
  • ol_Bombero-JC's avatar
    ol_Bombero-JC
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    Duke-44 wrote:
    Yes we had 2x this problem in our former RV w/rear kitchen. Refrigerator came open then broke off.

    We loved the floor plan, but couldn't put up with doors opening and everything on the floor. We got a new unit with different floor plan. We do have some cabinets in the back with the new unit, but they don' open during travel even on extremely bumpy roads.



    Wow.

    Expensive solution!..:R

    Happy RVers. Happy dealers..:C

    ~
  • Duke-44's avatar
    Duke-44
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    Yes we had 2x this problem in our former RV w/rear kitchen. Refrigerator came open then broke off.

    We loved the floor plan, but couldn't put up with doors opening and everything on the floor. We got a new unit with different floor plan. We do have some cabinets in the back with the new unit, but they don' open during travel even on extremely bumpy roads.
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Aug 11, 2014
    We verify the pantry door is closed every time before the slide is extended.
  • NancyG's avatar
    NancyG
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    My carpenter husband constructed wooden "locks" that fit between door handles on the double door openings. Sort of an elongated "M" shape. Easy to insert between cabinet door handles and then again to remove. On drawer handles, he slips a venetian blind slat down the vertical row of drawer handles (similar to the yard stick remedy mentioned previously). No more cabinet doors or drawers opening while on the road. (We, too, had to repair two doors that opened and were ripped when slide was opened.) Now, as a precaution, we check the slides before opening completely.
  • ReneeG's avatar
    ReneeG
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    rhagfo wrote:
    Cabinets should not pop open unless you have something pressing against it!
    That said bungie cords work great,


    Agree! Especially your unit, one of the nicer models. We've never had a cabinet come open. Check the hinge tension and the hardware that the door snaps into. Those may be loose.
  • Shadow_Grey's avatar
    Shadow_Grey
    Explorer
    Aug 11, 2014
    We use Velcro straps on the handles of all the cabinet doors in the 5er. Never had one pop open, yet!

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