The problem is now fixed, it was a magnet that had come loose, I was lucky and found the magnet on the garage floor on my return home. I spoke to Sean at Beaver Coach Sales in Bend, he explained that he had seen this happen a few times The step has a warning light that will illuminate in the front dash that is a warning that the step is out the light normally will go out once the steps retract. In our rig the light was staying on even with the step fully retracted. A small magnet is used to open and close the circuit allowing the light to come on or off. The Magnet is mounted to the back of the top step with a section of double backed tape, I was lucky to find the magnet so I cleaned the area well also sanding the area after installing a new section of tape onto the magnet then installing it on the top step flange the problem was solved.
If you loose the magnet the story is that you have to buy a new assembly I didn't ask the parts folks about a price but I am pretty sure they are very proud of this .25 cent piece of plastic.
Thanks for the input Stan, Roy, and Dennis.