Automatic Entry Step

Joseph makes a very good point.  There is a good reason to keep the automatic step to work as designed.  One bad fall and you will have loads of regret.

Anyone who goes the route of a toggle to cut power please use something to remind yourself that you have cut the power.  I’d be sick if someone fell out of their rig. I bought some of those snap kids bracelets at hobby lobby and marked them . I use one on the door, the rest are marked and I snap them on the steering wheel with reminders for the antenna etc. I know you can buy them pre marked at any RV place for about $20. Hobby lobby was half a dozen if I recall for $3.

We do that also, they're super handy and cost next to nothing!

PMS but what are "kids snap-lock bracelets"?

PMS but what are "kids snap-lock bracelets"?

https://www.amazon.com/Bracelets-bangcool-Silicone-Bracelet-Families/dp/B081F8JHR5/ref=asc_df_B081F8JHR5/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=417000375755&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13406283508483614614&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033395&hvtargid=pla-874944890145&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=92049666457&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=417000375755&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13406283508483614614&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033395&hvtargid=pla-874944890145
Curved metal band covered in fabric or paper or now in silicone. Pop flat or slap on wrist to make it wrap.

PMS but what are "kids snap-lock bracelets"?

Dougn

Look like a large tongue depress or.  Cloth or felt outside with a thin piece of tempered steel (like a measuring tape) inside.  You "snap" it over your wrist and bends around your wrist and stays on.

Yeah but mine are special! They are shiney with sparkles adding a bit of flare.   Hmmm maybe that’s why they were on clearance 😳.  I looked at the package, I got 10 for 3 bucks on clearance at hobby lobby.

Thanks, got it. Looked it up on Amazon. Good idea!
But...how do I remember what they are supposed to remind me of?

The way my brain works, I will forget what the snap bracelet is reminding me to do (I don't know how to read) and fall out of the PC anyway.  Irene is worse yet about such "tag" reminders.  I could see her yelling followed by me hurrying to see what's wrong, just to quickly have both of us laying on the ground with broken limbs.

Repeating myself... Just clean up or replace the switch and spray-lub it annually for corrosion protection to keep it all working as designed.  It's not hard to do.  That is an extremely cheap supplement on your health care policy.

Thanks, got it. Looked it up on Amazon. Good idea!
But...how do I remember what they are supposed to remind me of?

You take a magic marker and write "Antenna" on one, "step switch" on another and so forth.  Slap them on the steering wheel and then all you have to remember is if there are slap bracelets on your steering wheel, don't start until you take care of the items.   😊😊😊

Here's the article Patti posted with pictures on slap bracelets

Steering wheel reminders

https://forum.phoenixusarv.com/index.php?topic=2806.msg23022#msg23022

Gee, thanks Joseph......now I have a sudden urge to find a Bedazzled.

Patti

Gee, thanks Joseph......now I have a sudden urge to find a Bedazzled.

Patti

Your welcome.  I’m a giver!😎. It’s questionable of what but I’m a giver!

Interesting reading.  My steps have their own mind also.  I also my steps will not stay out when I use the switch by the door.  Very annoying to have them go in and out every time the door opens and closes.

Ron! The toggle and strap reminders aren’t  for people with garage queens! 😎. I’ve replaced my switch twice.  I clean it every year and it’s still a pia. The toggle works for us as well as using the snap straps that we marked . The one on the door doesn’t need to be marked. Since we started using the snap wraps I’ve never forgotten the antenna etc. That dang antenna was a trouble spot for me to remember. I’m surprised it never got ripped off I forgot it so often.   The steps going on their own is a stress point. Hearing it going in and out over and over drove me nuts.

I have to add a persistent concern and express that thought in the discussion about the erratic behavior of the step.  The steps protrude their full width beyond the flared side of the Cruiser.   That is what makes them useful. When mine first started plunging into adjacent traffic lanes, I was in severe big city traffic congestion, traveling at turnpike speeds in gusting winds and semi truck caused turbulence.  Easy to imagine the stair cutting into another car as I was struggling to maintain a lane that was further complicated by construction obstructions and decayed pavement..

Unlike suggested by another respondent, I am concerned the unprompted step actions could plunge its steel edge into a vehicle in the adjacent lane.  Driving the Cruiser in traffic, I have observed other drivers demonstrating very aggressive behavior.  And, for no reason other than what is often told on RV Forums: "driving a motorhome displaying nonresident license plates".  Lawsuits are commonplace in today's imperiled society.  Ever drive in Mexico?  Apply that mentality and you will appreciate my concern.

Only the day before the steps started going berserk, I had a driver accelerate to rush onto my blindside and remain there by adjusting his speed after I signaled an intended lane change. Fortunately, I have good mirrors and I use them.   My advice - if you want to grow old and end up with two cents in your pocket don't trust anybody or anything. 

Get the switch replaced.  I doubt the problem will ever go away on its own.  And, I am confident it will only get worse.