Haunted kwikee step

[mexicanpiloto13]

Hi All,
Our Kwikee step on a 1998 Monaco Dynasty has been working fine and the other day, wouldn't retract. I checked the fuse, which was ok, and the general connections and all appeared ok. As we were traveling, all of a sudden, the step retracted, and then worked fine up and down the rest of the day. That night in camp, we were sitting there watching tv and all of a sudden, we hear the step retracting. I believe I had the switch by the door in the on position so it finally sensed the RV door was closed and pulled up. Now it won't move at all. The light on the step won't come on either telling me that power is not getting to the unit. I tried turning on the ignition but it made no difference. I would rather have it stuck up, instead of down while on vacation, but wondering if anybody has an idea. We have a two step Kwikee and it's hard to access the motor and such with the retracted bottom step covering it. I'm always very cautious of the step activating all of a sudden. Thanks

[D_E_Bishop]

Try reading the manual. If you follow the trouble shooting steps, you'll likely find the part of the step that is bad.

Cleaning the grounds and connections can't hurt.

[FunnyCamper]

BOO! Muuuhahaha a haunted step on the Dynasty. Just in time for Halloween 🙂
Hope you get it worked out.

[ksg5000]

Corroded ground, loose battery connection, and even low/bad batteries can make Kwikee steps act possessed.

[Artum_Snowbird]

If you do a search with the advanced search option, put in Kwikee steps, there is hundreds of questions and answers.

It's worth having a good read over what problems others have had.

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

enblethen wrote:
It could be a corroded ground connection. There should be two. Check them both.

That's where I would go first. I would also look at the switch.

[DrewE]

Once it's up, you could pull the fuse to keep it from operating more (assuming you have a fuse and not, say, a self-resetting circuit breaker).

A bad ground is a reasonable guess for the cause of any bizarre 12V electrical problem that seems to defy common sense explanation. A loose wire on one of the activation switches may be another explanation, but I'd check the grounds first. If you don't have a fuse to pull while working on it, you can disconnect the appropriate battery to ensure it doesn't have power (often that's the chassis battery, but not always).

[enblethen]

It could be a corroded ground connection. There should be two. Check them both.