Weird steps. Do you have any ideas

Tinstar wrote:
My Kwikee electric steps are acting weird. I was out cleaning the bays and other things on my motorhome and without warning or any reason my steps retracted. I had to climb inside, turn the key on and open the door to get them to extend. Turn the key off and all was well for 3 or 4 hours then all of a sudden the retracted again. Had to go though the same process to get them out. They've been out the rest of the day,,, about 8 hours now without any more problem. We're leaving on a trip Monday and I'm worried they may retract sometime and either my wife or I will step out into the open air. I've fell from that height before and it isn't fun.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be the problem. I've not known of them doing this ever before and want to try and correct the problem before we leave, if I can.

I'd appreciate any advice.

First, check in front of you before stepping anywhere.
Next, lock the door and pull in and out with the switch on to see if the door might not be seating properly against the door switch.
I grabbed mine top and bottom and gave it a twist of sorts with some brute force. In addition, installed and off on switch and mounted it in the basement to keep it from going in and out while going down the road, although we haven't had any problems since.