10 day trip starts tomorrow and Slide out wont work!!!

[jdphillips73]

I have a 2013 salem cruise lite and my slide out stopped working... 600 mile trip to outer banks is tomorrow, any help is appreciated.

When I press the switch I can here the motor on right side engage and it begins to slide out about 3 inches or so... however the other motor on the left side does not engage or move. I hear no sound coming from that side. The controller blinks red 8 times and the code says "power short between controller and motor" Suggestions?

[carringb]

Related side note: Mine had a similar fault, same code even. It turns out to be a short in the motor. That meant un-plugging the connector did not release the motor, it was still bound by electrical resistance. You can still push it in that case, but it's really hard. Too 3 big guys pushing as hard as we could to get my slide back in, and that was with only one bad motor and the other free-wheeling!

[Hannibal]

Glad it worked out for you! Enjoy your trip!

[xteacher]

Great news! Happy camping!!

[Chuck_thehammer]

that is very good news.

we all learned a little something today...

Enjoy your trip.

[jdphillips73]

I'm gonna post this just in case someone has this issue in the future.

So this Lippert "in wall" slide is controlled by 4 motors (2 left/ 2 right) that are mounted in the wall. Those motors are controlled by a controller module (computer) that is mounted under the loveseat/sink area.

Mine was flashing an error code "break in circuit between motor and controller" (meaning a short in the wiring).

I traced all of the wiring and all of it was undamaged so I bypassed the module to see if it would work. You can do this by pressing/releasing a button 6 times and press the 7th time and hold it until lights start flashing.

Next, I pressed the regular slide switch on the wall and the slide worked perfectly. The computer reset itself and is not flashing any codes. I moved the slide in and out several times and all is fine.

Outer Banks, NC... here we come!

[SoundGuy]

jdphillips73 wrote:
I have a 2013 salem cruise lite and my slide out stopped working... 600 mile trip to outer banks is tomorrow, any help is appreciated.

Suggestions?

Read your owner's manual for instructions on how to open / close the slide manually, go on your trip, and deal with it when you get back.