We got up early (4am) to drive through a big city with a lot of road repair underway. So when we left I did not do a walk around and just looked through the mirrors into a dark void and thought the steps retracted. (Mistake!) Later as the sun came up Kathy saw that the steps are out! We pulled over in a closed store parking lot and spent over two hours figuring it out. There was no damage to the steps and there was no traffic this morning. Lesson learned always do a walk around and run a checklist. Ours only takes about two minutes tops.
Last year when we had our RV in for some work I asked the technician to just talk me through manual retracting the steps and slides at our RV pick-up. I had read the owners manual but standing next to the RV and having the technician explain it helped us. So now I pulled out the manual for the steps and looked at the diagram than crawled under.
Above the steps are out.
Here (above) you see the grounding clamp with wires attached, they were broken off at the clamp that morning. So once I found them and reattached them the steps worked fine.
In this final photograph you can see a round yellow step light and just to the right is the step retracting arm. On my RV all I needed to do to retract the steps (if I could not fix) is pull a carter pin which would allow me to free one end. This action frees the steps so I can tie them up in the closed position if I needed to until repairs. Thankfully, I found the broken ground and saved a repair bill.
Please note that these steps worked for me and our RV. Your RV is different, read your manuals and or seek good advice for your issue if you ever have one. What worked for me does not mean it will work for you.
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