Retracting step (1 Viewer)

[tribalbrit]

Having just purchased a Chausson Suit Maxi, I would like to ask you guys if anyone knows if the step should retract when starting the engine, and also should it operate with out the power board being switched on?
Thought I'd ask before returning to the dealer or sniffing around myself.
Any help appreciated.

 

[Munchie]

Ours retracts when ignition is switched on.
Panel can be off and will still work as long as ignition is off.
Hope this helps

 

[funflair]

Some retract on the ignition but not all by any means, and not sure about the power off mode.

I will add ours is not a Chausson.

Martin

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[andy63]

hi.. I've got the chanson 620.. the step does not auto retract with ignition or engine run on mine.
also the main control panel has to be on for the step to work..
i have found on the odd occasion the step has operated when the panel has just been switched off... i assume thats because the main relay is still held in.. sometimes that happens and on other times it doesn't...
andy.

 

[Speve]

IMHO I would have thought. The step should work without control panel being on or you would have to use cab doors on first entry
Our Hymer operates from a switch just inside the hab door

 

[andy63]

IMHO I would have thought. The step should work without control panel being on or you would have to use cab doors on first entry
Our Hymer operates from a switch just inside the hab door

That's far too logical. Lol... makes you wonder who designs the systems sometime .. but that's exactly the way my chausson came... dealer assures me that is correct...
My step is on a list of to do jobs ..I intend wiring it so it works on a permanentt live regardless of panel (and hope that doesnt throw up any unforseen problems ) and to shut when I start the engine... that would suit me...
Andy

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[icantremember]

Our Hymer does not retract automatically but has a very loud buzzer that sounds if you start the engine with the step deployed ... we have a button on the dash to retract from the driving position.
We had an automatic system on our previous moho but has been known to cause accidents if somebody uses the step just as you start the engine ... happened to us a couple of times and there is another Funster who was badly injured falling onto concrete when this happened.

 

[andy63]

also the main control panel has to be on for the step to work..
i have found on the odd occasion the step has operated when the panel has just been switched off..

My apologies for some miss information..
Picked my van up from storage today opened hab door and was able to open step, much to my surprise..
The control panel was switched off.. but I'm sure on other occasions it didn't work when the panel was off..
So something going on I don't understand..
Andy

 

[John Giblin]

My new Chausson is exactly the same! Sometimes the step with deploy (although slowly as though the battery is almost flat) other times, not at all. Always OK with the control panel on. Hayes Leisure tell me this is normal and I should enter through front doors. - No auto retract, warning buzzer when ignition is turned on. Would be interested to hear of a way to re-wire, allowing step to work with panel off.
John

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[John Giblin]

Sorry, omitted to say, mine is the 620 also.
John