Troubleshooting cases
Short lessons and troubleshooting cases for RV techs. Run the tests, read the numbers, find the cause.
- Water pump quit
- No hot water on electric
- Water pump kicks on by itself
- Back lights are dim
- Battery dies even on shore power
- Lithium won't charge on cold mornings
- Furnace blows cold
- Appliances weak when more than one is on
- Furnace sparks but never lights
- Fridge won't run on gas
- Fridge is warm after unplugging
- AC hums and trips
- AC runs but barely cools
- Half the coach is dead
- Bathroom outlets are dead
- Generator starts then quits
- Generator runs but coach has no power
- Slide stalls halfway out
- Slide comes in crooked
- Power awning does nothing
- Coach is dead, battery is fine
- Batteries dead after storage
- Touch panel can't find anything
- Solar quit charging
- Lights surge and the microwave died
- Shocked at the door handle
- Water heater lights, then goes out
- Toilet won't hold water
- Black tank always reads full
- LP alarm keeps going off
- Smells like propane at the stove
- Furnace keeps shutting off, fan keeps blowing
- Fridge works on gas, not electric
- Fridge won't cool on anything
- Freezer's fine, fridge is warm
- AC ices up and barely blows
- AC kicks off on hot afternoons
- Hydraulic slide crawls and stops
- One side of the slide won't move
- Auto-level leaves it crooked
- Ceiling stain after rain
- Bubble in the sidewall
- Roof fan won't run
- Trailer brakes feel weak
- Trailer brakes dragging hot
- One wheel runs hot
- Power step stays out
- Comeback: furnace quits again
- AC does nothing, thermostat is blank
- Breaker trips when the AC starts
- Water drips from the AC inside
- Fridge check light on gas
- Fridge quit cooling at the campsite
- Fridge runs nonstop, freezer frosts over
- Thermostat clicks, furnace does nothing
- Water heater lights then faults
- Slide dead both ways, no sound
- Front jacks sink overnight
- Water pump fuse keeps blowing
- Trailer lights act possessed
- Generator cranks but won't start