Auto-level leaves it crooked
2022 fifth wheel, electric auto-leveling with four jacks. 30A shore
Customer says: Every time we auto-level, the bed end is lower. The fridge door swings open.
The leveling controller was replaced under warranty last month.
Tests you can run
- Bubble level on the floor after an auto-level
- Read the controller's level display
- Ask when it started
- Check every jack is down and carrying weight
- Battery voltage at the controller while the jacks run
- Replace the level sensor
Repair options
The lesson behind this case
Keep going on slides and leveling
Learn it
- How a slide room is built and carried
- Identify the slide system in a minute
- The in-wall controller: versions and fault codes
- Ball-screw actuator slides: clutch, stops, diagnosis
- Rack and pinion drive: electrical diagnosis
Prove it
- Slide stalls halfway out
- Slide comes in crooked
- Hydraulic slide crawls and stops
- One side of the slide won't move
- Slide dead both ways, no sound
See it in 3D
Codes and specs
- Slides: schwintek
- Lippert in-wall and through-frame slides
- Leveling: ground control
- Lippert 5th wheel hydraulic auto level