Quadra Big Foot Leveling - Auto Level

I have factory installed BF on my Hitchhiker. The only time that has happened to me is when the site is WAY low in the rear.

You are aware that you have to start nose high, correct?

If you have a generation II Big Foot, expect problems. 1.5 years we have been through 1 jack and 3 control boards. It will loose level and nose dive. Call Big Foot and discuss the problems. I have added a toggle switch to totally power off the sensor when traveling and it seems to be working.

Ken

So far so good on our Carri-Lite. If it starts acting up, I'll just run the controls and level it myself. I have level bubbles on the front corner for side to side and fore and aft. Still a pretty easy level even if you have to do the thinking and push the control buttons;) Take care.

ZOSO wrote:
So far so good on our Carri-Lite. If it starts acting up, I'll just run the controls and level it myself. I have level bubbles on the front corner for side to side and fore and aft. Still a pretty easy level even if you have to do the thinking and push the control buttons;) Take care.

We had a generation I on our previous Cameo and never had an issue with it. The improved generation II was not much of an improvement.

Ken

Thanks for the responses guys! No one on the LS/Carriage forum has any answers and those in contact with Quadra say they are working on it.
FYI, this is on a 2014 model which was built and installed after the elimination of the rear sensor.
I do know to start nose high. Generally, the rig is nose high just in order to uncouple. But I always raise the nose more before I start the auto level mode.
A few others on the other forum have installed the toggle switch and say it will auto level then most the time.
I do have bubble levels to see the attitude for both angles. However, after a long trip and especially in the dark is sure is nice to just push one button. Besides, that is what it is designed to do.
Thanks for the responses and love to hear from anyone else with this issue.

Ours does have the rear sensor. This would make it a gen 1?? Maybe this is why we've had no problems??

We have a Cameo with the BF system, so we have the older system I understand that there has been some problems with the newer units. When we first had the system we had some problems, it used to nose dive . I did find that if I give the system some time for the senors to settle in before I start the auto level it seem to work fine. Someone told me this on the Lifestyle Carriage forum and it seem to works for us. I'm not 100% level, but what's different is I'm level on the floor but the counter top is not, close but not right on.

Exactly. No issues with the Cameo auto level function. The nose dive is common on the Carriage/LS forum. I wait as long as I can before leveling trying to make it the very last thing I do when setting up. Doesn't matter. Rick at Quadra told me about unplugging the sensor for travel which is a pia to remember and get to with it's location in the forward basement. Tried that a few times and seemed to help. I guess that is the logic in installing the switch on the Big Foot panel to make that easier. I will probably wind up doing that next week. I'm going to call Quadra first and see what they say. I suspect that will be the fix for now.

I am glad that BIG FOOT don't want to install the system on my FW.I end up with Lipperd system and I am very satisfy.

Over on the Hitchhiker forum this problem has been discussed quite a bit. As mentioned above the problem was created when they upgraded the system a few years back. A call to the factory should help you.
Don