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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Richard Muha on December 12, 2019, 08:24:20 PM

Title: Entry step
Post by: Richard Muha on December 12, 2019, 08:24:20 PM

Step worked fine till I drove through hard rain.  Now step will not go out.  At first I could manually pull it out and it closed normally, but now I cannot even do that.  I hear a faint click when I open door, but it does not budge.  Any thoughts?

2008 Marquis

Title: Re: Entry step
Post by: Fred Brooks on December 12, 2019, 09:09:14 PM

     Rich, I would check the 10 gauge green wire going to the frame rail. Fred

Title: Re: Entry step
Post by: Stan Simpson on December 12, 2019, 10:38:43 PM

That 10 gauge green wire that Fred mentions is the ground. I experienced the same problem several times after driving through rain or over rough roads. The connection comes loose. I finally got tired of crawling under there to tighten it, so I moved it to where its easily accessible, somewhat out of the weather, and used a lock-washer and loctite. No problems since.

Be careful. Make sure hands and fingers are not in the line of travel.

Title: Re: Entry step
Post by: Richard Muha on December 13, 2019, 12:01:43 AM

Thank you both for the info.  Will check that wire and thanks for the warning.  I’m sure the step would have no mercy on fingers, head or anything else when it decides to operate!  Ah, the joys of a “rolling earthquake”.