Dometic fridge problem

[SteveB123]

I have a 2017 Rapido with a Dometic RMD8505 fridge freezer, whilst parking on an incline the fridge stopped working - it was on mains at the time.
I levelled the van up and since then the fridge, when on mains, stops working occasionally and the inside wall was even quite warm at one stage. When I leave it on gas it seems fine and also drove a few hours on 12v and it was OK. I will book it in with the dealer as under warranty but I am heading for Spain tomorrow so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[DaveandJen]

Worth keeping in mind that you have a 3 year warranty on that fridge freezer and its EU wide so when driving down to Spain hopefully you should be able to get the problem sorted under warranty in some of the other EU countries. The problems you are experiencing are not the norm. Good luck and hope you enjoy your time away.

 

[keithchesterfield2]

I have the same model Dometic and mine will not work when parked on an incline whether on Ehu or gas.
As suggested get it checked asap while under warranty

 

[Familymad]

What was the fault? I have a similar issue in our van on the same unit

 

[bigtwin]

Sounds like the mains (a.c.) heating element is fubar.

Ian

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[SteveB123]

What was the fault? I have a similar issue in our van on the same unit

Seems to have fixed its self, I ran it on gas and 12v coming to Spain and now its OK on 240v. The dealer says they have a lot of fridge issues on the later vans if the mains supply is too low. Mine went faulty after I left it on 240v on an incline it then worked intermittently on different sites and its taken about a week to clear. Fingers crossed its OK now.

 

[Mr B]

Seems to have fixed its self, I ran it on gas and 12v coming to Spain and now its OK on 240v. The dealer says they have a lot of fridge issues on the later vans if the mains supply is too low. Mine went faulty after I left it on 240v on an incline it then worked intermittently on different sites and its taken about a week to clear. Fingers crossed its OK now.

I’ve got to agree with the supply of electricity effect.
We ran on gas after that and had no more problems

 

[namwaldog]

Glad you got it sorted out.
We have the same fridge freezer RMD 8505 in our Burstner and found this link helpful when we had problems last year. It is the service instruction manual and covers most of the 8 series fridges...

RM 8400
RM 8401
RM 8405
RM 8500
RM 8501
RM 8505
RM 8550
RM 8551
RM 8555
RMS 8400
RMS 8401
RMS 8405
RMS 8460
RMS 8461
RMS 8465
RMS 8500
RMS 8501
RMS 8505
RMS 8550
RMS 8551
RMS 8555
RML 8550
RML 8551
RML 8555
RMSL 8500
RMSL 8501
RMSL 8505
RMD 8501
RMD 8505
RMD 8551
RMD 8555

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...FjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw2R8F8F23YzYNV08w6vjqEa

If the link doesn't work, type 599719262.pdf into Google and the result that shows McCulloch in the title will allow you to download the pdf file to your tablet or phone.

Barry