Leveling Jack Troubleshooting -Manual Override and Resetting Control Panel|| Motorhome RV Living
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Hey, we had some trouble with retracting our Thor Ace motorhome power leveling jacks. We wanted to share our trouble shooting ideas with you. We manually lifted the hydraulic jacks and then tried to figure out why our Lippert Components touch control panel system had a blinking error. (Error Fault Mode).
⭐Steps for Troubleshooting:
1.)Check the manual and try to reset the system
2.)Search the internet / UA-cam and check for a specific manual to your RV/Coach
3)Call the manufacturer / tech support for additional help and suggestions.
Lippert Components Website: www.lci1.com/
LCI Hydraulic and Leveling Owner's Manual : lci-support-do...
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Haha..the brains of the leveling system is in the sewer compartment. GO FIGURE!
I don't see the PDF file.
@1953lewbad Hey..there is a downloadable file link under the LCI owners manual in the description.However, the file now says discontinued.
Thank you for this VERY informative video! You just saved our lives with our 2019 Thor Windsport when our jacks wouldn’t retract on a Sunday! We called 9 Mobil RV repair people, no one answered their phones and then we ran across your video! A million thank you’s! Of course when we got back in our RV, our panel wouldn’t stop beeping so we just disconnected it, but we will certainly call the manufacturer tomorrow!
Thank you so much! I'm sitting here at a KOA in Texas, and all the lights were flashing! hitting the 4 buttons reset the system. Nice to be level again.😊😊
My problem was all lights were coming on and the coach would not turn on the system. Luckily i fast forwarded to 7 minute mark and found how to reset! Thank you again. Also note that the emergency brakes must be depressed before pressing all four buttons! Thanks again and you saved us so so much heartache. I am now a subscriber! hehe
Brother, thank you for ending another night of frustration! I should have looked on yt last night but was too exhausted. I had blinking lights telling me Wait, Engage parking brake and Excess Angle. Brake was on and parked right where several nights before had leveled with no issue?
Last night I slept with the tiny bit of slope. Barely noticeable. Tonight I pushed the 4 buttons as you said and she's gtg! Many thanks!
The techs oughta include this tip in their new purchase walk thru. Mine's barely a month old so I have learn as I go. Now to see what other content you have! 👍🏻🛎🛎
Glad it helped! Thanks for your comment.
Thank you so much. I have an older Thor ACE motorhome, and your video taught me so much about the levelling system!!!
Well I want to give u a big thank you. I figured out the mechanics of raising the jacks but not the right tools with me. My lovely wife loves to search the internet and found u guys. Ur 4 button reset was just what we needed. Thx again.
Yay! Thank you for your comment. Glad you got them working.
What a great video! Everyone who owns a motorhome / rv with lci levelling gear needs to watch this. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you for this video!!! I searched everywhere for this exact problem I was having after having to replace the seals, O-rings, gaskets, etc.. in one of my hydraulic lift cylinders. BTW, if anyone has a leak, save the $5oo to $900 they'll charge you for a new one... take the unit off and find a hydraulic repair shop; they will sell you all the required seals, rings, etc... The total cost for all of mine was under $60, and the guy at the counter put the new ones on for me. The manufacturer should be ashamed of themselves, they say you should just buy a new unit to save the trouble of finding the exact parts required... They don't put any data on the hydraulic cylinder on purpose it seems so you cant buy replacement parts..... who knows.... If you live in Michigan, I would recommend RC Fluid Power Inc in Davison; they treated me GREAT.
Also, thank you for the link to the manual! You're AWESOME!
Tried your method of resetting jack panel and by pushing in all 4 buttons, got all the flashing lights off, and then got all jacks up and ready to go. Many thanks
Cool deal!
I had the same exact problem with my jacks, they would not retract and all the lights on the left had side were blinking. I would also get an audible alarm when I started the coach. Thank you so much for sharing this troubleshooting experience!
Excellent presentation! I will be saving your presentation to my UA-cam library to have available on our travels. Thank you! 😄😄
We couldn't get jacks down or slide out. Thanks to this video, we reset our jacks and TaDA! We are back in business. Thank you!
Oh yeah! So happy it worked 4 you!❤
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this video!!! I have stressed out for several days trying to troubleshoot my LCI leveling jacks. My house batteries were dead and my jacks would not come up; new batteries in, but the row of orange lights on the leveling control were still blinking. Easy fix with the two-second reset with all four buttons... wish that was in the manual!! Thanks again and excellent video!
Love ur down to earth approach. No grab assing. Love it
We have a 2015 Thor ACE and one of the stabilizer lights stayed consistently ON (Left), and did some research and found your vid here on YT. Thank you so much! You’ve been a blessing. I’m a subscriber. 😎
Awesome! Ty!❤
Thank you this was very helpful. I read the manual and still didn’t know how to reset it!!!!
Thank you very helpful from Ireland
Thanks for a comprehensive and informative video minus the idle chatter I see in some of the other ones.
Okay..thanks Ted!
Excellent video. My RV is having the same thing. When i go to my RV storage in the next few days, i will try the 4 button trick. Oh and thank for letting us know how to manually lower and raise the jacks. I learned something.
Thank you for the knowledge.
I wonder if my house batteries are bad. Learned how to manually put up and down. Thanks!
I am very excited. AFter so many days of malfunction of my Jack, it works now, many many many many many thanks! Thanks saved so much time and ......
Yay!! Awesome! ....We know what it feels like to be in a panic with the stuck jacks. No fun at all and glad our video helped.
Thanks so much. We just had the same issue when one of the jacks did not go up.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Heck yeah dude thank you for that!!!
You are a great human being, thank you so much for sharing. This helped me a lot. God bless you & your lovely wife.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you soooo much. You saved our bacon. Same issue with a 2006 Damon Daybreak. Lights flashing and levelers stuck. Holding in the buttons worked like a charm. ❤😊
Glad to hear that it helped!
Thanks! My friend needed this info. I searched UA-cam. I didn’t have my glasses on, however, I knew that voice! Thanks Tony. the old susie flock
Glad it was helpful. Thank you!
Great video
Thanks for the reset tip, for the LCI flashing lights. It worked to push all 4 leveling buttons simultaneously for 2 seconds. Thanks for your video!
Thank you, we have a Rental RV and Trouble with the Jacks and have the answer of our Trouble. Thanks, i sent you a donation
Thank you!
You just saved us from a lot of problems! Thank u for this video!
Can’t thank you enough for the video! You save me a lot of trouble.
Glad to help
Amazing. Thanks a lot.
Excellent video (as always)! I experienced the same issue on my new RV and was able to fix it thanks to your video. Keep up the good work!!
Glad it helped! We felt really stranded when it happened to us. Safe travels!
Thanks. That solved my problem 😊
Perfect! We love helping other RVers!
THX a bunch!
That was good! Intuitively, it seems the battery was the problem with the jacks not coming up all the way? So the battery must have fixed the problem with the jacks.
Those seem really convenient to have!
Yes, until they get jacked up..No pun intended..haha!
@@RVBarndominium LOL
Well done video
Whoohoo for tech support
Nice
sounds very helpful, i will go ahead to try. I got the same problem.
If you can't get it resolved, call tech support. They were very helpful! Hope you get it fixed!👍
Your da man!! Thank you.... here’s what happen to us
My batteries on my coach got drain I accidentally left my oil heater on for a few days I never check my connection we came home from a long trip it was night time , so I just plug it in never look if the power cord was connected to power. Any way when i check a few days later i realize the coach was blinking red light on dash board and control panel the dash was dim I mean it was dead it was a miracle the coach even stared. On then other hand it was nice and toasty inside the coach LOL.... I stare the coach it was a live again. I let it running for about 30 minutes everything was back to normal .......Well almost everything. I notice all lights were blinking just like that I have the same system and my jacks did not work. I try to look for a reset button I hold down off and on button, I try all I could think of nothing work. Then I started to research till I come across your video today I’m very appreciative of you guys i follow your instructions and it work like magic. Thank you so much it all works great again. I never had any issues with it to begging with ,but this fix the problem. One again thank you so much. Safe traveling friends!! Cheers.
Is not over now I find out a weird clicking noise coming from then engine !!!! Not sure what it is the also happen after the batteries nearly died on me so if you know anything about it please let let me know this goes to anyone reading this.
Once again thank you so much. Take good care and be safe.
A high pitch click would be a relay. Don't know why though. Be sure you batteries are fully charged then turn each gizmo and gadget on/off to trigger all the relays. One may be stuck from when it went dead or "welded" the contacts together
Great info. Thank you.
Thanks for letting us know! Appreciate the comment.😀
I was able to retract my jacks manually but when I set the drill in the other direction to try to extend them, nothing happened
Not sure, brother. Call the manufacturer.
How does the propane furnace work?
Danke!
Thank you so much! : )
Ok I just have a question and this is the best way I know to get an answer
We can try to help from experience. What's your question?
I have called my RV service guy, they told me to bring the bus in in 25 days!.
My Equalizer system continues to indicate that the engine needs to be on, but it is already running? Any suggestions?
where are you disconnecting the power from specifically? the wires going into the jacks, or the one for the control box?
On the hydraulic unit itself is a plug that goes to a direction relay. That relay controls whether it goes up or down according to what signal it gets. When disconnected it defaults to "raise the jacks". Im sure you can find info online for your make/model and/or call the manufacturer and they will send you tech info on your particular model
I have a Thor and after I did the two second hold on the four arrows of the panel, I got a “low voltage” error. The two house batteries are 4 years old and the chassis battery is three years old. Do the jacks run off the chassis battery? Does this mean I need to replace the battery? I appreciate any clarification you can provide. Thanks
Take all the batteries out, charge them overnight then take them to an auto parts store and they will load test them. If a chassis battery is dead replace all of them. One weK one will kill the new one.
The levelers use the chassis onboard batteries.
My problem is on a 1993 Coachman Santara Spartan Diesel Pusher, I cannot locate the Leveling Master Panel anywhere. All I have is a light on the dash that shows Jacks Down. There is no control panel anywhere that I have looked. Someone had to put the jacks down somehow so I'm at a loss for words to describe my frustration with this location of the Jack Leveling Control Panel. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Don
Hey Don! We know first hand how frustrating that can be. The only thing I can recommend for you is to start with any manual book you might have access to. If you dont have that , can you ask the pervious owners or whoever put the jacks down? You might be able to call the manufacturer of the jacks or the motorhome for help too. The last recommendations would be to Google a search or ask in an online forum or Facebook group for help. Hope you can get it figured out. 👍
When you reset the buttons was the rv key on or off
Ignition switch is on (for our motorhome)to give the system power.
I did this and all my jacks started coming down but they stopped soon as they hit the ground and didn’t go high enough to unhook our vehicle. I kept drilling though and then the slide started coming out. Very strange.
If you're still having trouble I would call Lippert CS as soon as they are available. They can help troubleshoot.
@@RVBarndominium thank you sir, we did just that and they dispatched a mobile mechanic out and got us all fixed up!
Great! Happy trails brother!
you probably already know this and didn't watch all of your video but your batteries need a full charge for your inverter to keep your batteries charged. If your batteries are showing low voltage the inverter will not charge them back up. Fyi
We learned the hard way!
We have a 2019 Jayco Eagle 5th wheel. We purchased it new and this year, the first time out we had problems getting the rear jacks to go down. After resetting them a few times they decided to work. The last camping trip, everything worked great until we got home. We went to level our coach and the rear stabilizing jacks just clicked and would not go down. We got an error code on the panel that showed the right rear stabilizing jack was the fault. I checked all the wiring harnesses at the motor, they were clean and tight. We manually extended the rear jacks and then when we went to push the retract all button, all the jacks came up except the right rear. I pulled the motor from the gear box and checked the gear box and it seemed to be running smooth but when I turned the armature of the electric motor with my fingers, It was very rough and felt like there was gravel inside. Was not smooth at all. Am I right in thinking that the motor is bad and drawing too much amps? If so, can these motors be rebuilt somewhere since no one in Spokane Wa. will do them. Lippert wants 545.00 for a motor. If there is someone out there that can rebuild these motors, where and who? Am I right in my diagnosis or should I continue to look somewhere else. Is this normal for it to feel so rough when I turn the armature? I would appreciate any advice. Thank you. Dan DeRuwe
Unfortunately, I am not an RV mechanic. I'm just an RV owner. My jacks have never been like that so I cannot say whether it is a motor issue or not. To check to see if that is normal...take another one off and see if it sounds the same. It may just be that you're stripping the gears by hand turning it. I would assume that those levelers have a gear reducer on the motor or that the motor is connected to a gear.
You can always get the gear model number and look for it on Amazon or eBay.
Hope you find a solution
Happy camping
Hello my is Manuel my hydraulic Jack's are down, I when though all the steps but Jack's are retracting. My hydraulic fluid reservoir is about a half inch below the line.
Are not retraining
I hope you got them working..it could be the battery.
I am just pay one motor home and I don't know WY any jak coming down I tink is because I missing something I don't sure but that is why I am luck only
Do you have the number for the tech support you called?
We just Googled Lippert Tech support and got the number. I believe its 432-Lippert.
What year n model is it ??
2013 Thor Ace Motorhome
Thank you for the video! However, it would be helpful if you could get straight to the point and provide us with the necessary information instead of sharing your personal story.