I have been at Winnebago in Forest City, IA for several days waiting for service. While here, It is alarming to see all the motorhomes here that are having problems with their slide outs that have the Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system by- Lippert Components, Inc. One has stated that their slides have failed 10 times in the last year and are threatening a lemon law suit, that is available in their state.How about you...Any problems with your Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system by Lippert Components, Inc.

What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.

IMHO poor installation and poor selection of the Schwintek to move heavy slides has caused problems for Winnebago and Thor. Schwinteks do fine when moving slides that smaller, like bedroom slides. They do poorly for the large kitchen and living room slides. Those are better moved by hydraulics or larger geared electric slides.I have a Tiffin Phaeton and the big slides are hydraulic and the bedroom slides are Schwintek. No problems to date.

GMandJM wrote:What's it doing wrong...or not doing at all?Friends have a 2015 Tour and haven't mentioned any issues with their slides.In talking with the owners, it appears that the larger slide are giving the most problems. The motor gears strip the track that pushes the slide out or in.

We had an issue early in our first year with the full wall slide on our 2014 Itasca Suncruiser. It would not retract evenly, ending up with one end sticking out about an inch. Parts were replaced, adjustments made, and all has been OK since. The service tech told us several times to be absolutely sure that the motorhome be accurately leveled before extending the slide.

Had to have the main slide rebuilt on my Voltage, which, by the way, dumped the Schwintek slide system this year in favor of a cable system. I've vowed to never own another RV with a Schwintek slide.

Winnebago, Schwintek In-Wall Slide-Out system - Problems ??

Bruce_Brown
Moderator
Oct 05, 2015
timmac wrote:
creeper wrote:
two-niner wrote:
Newmar has a brand new system for 2016. There is a you Tube posted by a dealer.

New Newmar slide system

Nice slide system but have they worked out the bugs and how long till new owners start complaining its broke for the 3rd time..

It's an HWH system, so the heart of it isn't new, just the application.
timmac
Explorer
Oct 05, 2015
creeper wrote:
two-niner wrote:
Newmar has a brand new system for 2016. There is a you Tube posted by a dealer.

New Newmar slide system

Nice slide system but have they worked out the bugs and how long till new owners start complaining its broke for the 3rd time..
creeper
Explorer
Oct 05, 2015
two-niner wrote:
Newmar has a brand new system for 2016. There is a you Tube posted by a dealer.

New Newmar slide system
two-niner
Explorer
Oct 04, 2015
Newmar has a brand new system for 2016. There is a you Tube posted by a dealer.
Goldencrazy
Explorer
Oct 04, 2015
Yellowboat. wrote:
creeper wrote:
Goldencrazy wrote:
The new Winnebago's have a new system. The rail is not fastened to the slide wall. It is attached at one end and is flexible. Apparently a real improvement. I have a new one on order so I will know soon enough.

The mechanics told me about the new system. Told me it freaks the owner out because the rail will flex and bow out on the side of the slide, which is norma.

We picked up our new 2016 coach about a month ago. It is freaky to see the rails bending.

We have used the coach once with a planned drop off at the dealership so that they can start fixing factory defects.

Our coach is currently in the body shop to fix damage caused by the delivery driver. He hit something cracking the bottom lip of the fiberglass front end in two places, scratches in one area, and spider web cracking in the paint in three places.

We are scheduled to pick up our coach this week for our next trip. Hopefully our slides will not give us any troubles. JD

When I saw them at the show they looked so flimsy but they make sense and seemed to work very well. Good luck with the repairs. Keep me posted on any problems.
Yellowboat_
Explorer
Oct 04, 2015
creeper wrote:
Goldencrazy wrote:
The new Winnebago's have a new system. The rail is not fastened to the slide wall. It is attached at one end and is flexible. Apparently a real improvement. I have a new one on order so I will know soon enough.

The mechanics told me about the new system. Told me it freaks the owner out because the rail will flex and bow out on the side of the slide, which is norma.

We picked up our new 2016 coach about a month ago. It is freaky to see the rails bending.

We have used the coach once with a planned drop off at the dealership so that they can start fixing factory defects.

Our coach is currently in the body shop to fix damage caused by the delivery driver. He hit something cracking the bottom lip of the fiberglass front end in two places, scratches in one area, and spider web cracking in the paint in three places.

We are scheduled to pick up our coach this week for our next trip. Hopefully our slides will not give us any troubles. JD
chuckftboy
Explorer
Oct 04, 2015
Schwintek seems to be taking over the market. The wife and I are looking for our next coach and I am happy to say at least 2 of our choices aren't using them yet. The Newmar 3709 and the Excursion 38K. I wanted to stay under the 200K price range but it seems that if I do, I'll have to accept Schwintck or something equivalent. Being a few thousand miles for home with a broken slide is not the stress I need in my life now.
krivanj
Explorer
Oct 04, 2015
Our friend has a 2014 Phaeton and one of his bedroom slides failed last month with the Schwintec system. He had to force it in to get it inWe carefully looked at the other Schwintec and saw a mark on every fifth slot as if the gear had a fault on one of its teeth.
creeper
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
Goldencrazy wrote:
The new Winnebago's have a new system. The rail is not fastened to the slide wall. It is attached at one end and is flexible. Apparently a real improvement. I have a new one on order so I will know soon enough.

The mechanics told me about the new system. Told me it freaks the owner out because the rail will flex and bow out on the side of the slide, which is norma.
Goldencrazy
Explorer
Oct 02, 2015
The new Winnebago's have a new system. The rail is not fastened to the slide wall. It is attached at one end and is flexible. Apparently a real improvement. I have a new one on order so I will know soon enough.

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