I went out to the 2004 Marquis this morning to get it ready to move into our driveway. The plan was to depart tomorrow morning heading to our winter residence in the Foothills of Yuma. The problems:
1. With the ignition key in the OFF position, I retracted the electric bedroom slide with no problem but the curbside hydraulic living room slide will not close. I had the two slides open to make it easier to load for the trip to Yuma. I noted what sounds like a weak sound emanating from the hydraulic pump. I tried to open the streetside hydraulic living room slide. It would open but I stopped it after about 4" and it would not close. Again, I noted what sounds like a weak sound emanating from the hydraulic pump. Now I have one living room slide completely open and the other about 4" to 6" open, and neither will close.
2. On the Aladdin joystick pad there is a red power light indicating at least the joystick pad is getting power. The Kenwood screen in the dash will not light up and its red power light is not ON/flashing. I tried pushing the Kenwood buttons in an effort to get a response. I did... the screen retracted into the dash and now I cannot get it open again. I cannot find the Kenwood manual for instructions on how to get the Kenwood screen to come out of the dash and stand up in viewing position. I tried resetting the Aladdin with no success.
3. I tried to start the coach's engine. It will not start when turning the key on normally. I noted the transmission keypad has what appears to be an asterick with a circle around it. I have never seen this circled asterick insignia before... only have seen an N or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Without an N for neutral transmission status, I know the engine will not start. Also noted on the dash with the key ON to start the engine, the "check trans" light is ON and there is a pulsing sound like a heartbeat coming from either the transmission keypad or dash area.
A few other noteworthy remarks:
In the past few weeks, I have opened and closed the slides, viewed the Kenwood screen, and started the engine to air the systems up and check to see that the coach is in operating condition. These operations I have done several times in the past few weeks.
The coach is plugged into 50 amp and the inverter remote panel is reporting the batteries at full charge - reporting 13.7v. I assume this 13.7v is the house batteries, maybe not the chassis batteries. I have not separately checked the voltage at the chassis batteries (thinking perhaps the Big Boy/BIRD may not be working but they have always worked perfectly). Because the Kenwood screen is not functioning, I am unable to use the Aladdin/Kenwood screen to separately check the house and chassis batteries' charge status. I will get my multitester out and check the chassis batteries in a little while.
Questions, comments, diagnosis?