Slides Quit Working 2014 Itasca Spirt 31

CaptainDave305

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I have a 2014 Winnebago Itasca 31 and we went on a trip over the past week and everything was great. Both slides worked just fine. Put them in and out at least 10 times. Smooth operation. Got home yesterday and now nothing at all happens when I push the slide button to extend or retract. The parking brake is set and I have tried the slides with the key in the run position, motor running, with shore power. There is no clicking noise. I checked all of the fuses, tried resetting the control modules, tested the relay and verified I have a power to both batteries (12.5v). I pulled the switches and tested power to them. I have 6 wires on each switch, 3 whites and 3 yellows. I have power to the middle white wire on both switches (12v). I have no power to any of the other wires even when the switches are activated. The power to the middle white wire does drop down to zero when the switches are pressed. Any clue as to what I am missing?
 
We have a 2014 Forza... in 2018, our slide-out stopped working... completely... and I swapped out the controller with a new one, and solved our issue. I've no clue if this is your problem, but I'd checked out the lights on it. (It's been 8 years since then, so I don't remember any details.)
 

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Our 2021 Spirit 26T slides stopped working a couple of years ago. After I checked everything and the Mobile Tech spent 2 hours checking everything we stumbled upon a 7.5 amp blade fuse in a random in line fuse holder behind the dash kind of underneath the steering wheel and above the brake pedal running over to the parking brake. We replaced the fuse and they worked. Gosh it was frustrating! Worth a look maybe. Good luck.
 
I have a 2000 Journey. My slides and jacks didn't work. I found a fuse near the oil reservoir. The exposed wires were too small and melted. I replaced the fuse assembly with a larger wire on each end and the pump has worked every sense.
 
I have a 2014 Winnebago Itasca 31 and we went on a trip over the past week and everything was great. Both slides worked just fine. Put them in and out at least 10 times. Smooth operation. Got home yesterday and now nothing at all happens when I push the slide button to extend or retract. The parking brake is set and I have tried the slides with the key in the run position, motor running, with shore power. There is no clicking noise. I checked all of the fuses, tried resetting the control modules, tested the relay and verified I have a power to both batteries (12.5v). I pulled the switches and tested power to them. I have 6 wires on each switch, 3 whites and 3 yellows. I have power to the middle white wire on both switches (12v). I have no power to any of the other wires even when the switches are activated. The power to the middle white wire does drop down to zero when the switches are pressed. Any clue as to what I am missing?
Captain Dave, I am coming into this late, but I have had the same problem with my 2011 ITASCA MODEL IFE30W. Here is what I eventually found:
THe following is a 'copy & p[aste' from my post regarding my issue:
"Then on Friday morning (yesterday), I was back up front in the motorhome once again (Oh, my aching back!), searching for an inline fuse in either the "DD" or "DDJ" Winnebago-coded wires... I found nothing... not even a white wire with those I.D. codes up front. Then I decided to once again pull that SPST Key switch out of it's wall panel, and make a jumper to bypass the switch, joining the two wires coded "DD" & "DDJ" together. Once they were joined, I started the engine, and checked both of the slide-outs 'momentarily' for any sign of life. Both slide-puts reacted immediately. That tells me that the keyed SPST switch to complete the "Park Brake Switch" ground circuit to the two \"RPE Control Modules" ('Brains') is 'kaput'.

Attached is the third photo of the keyed SPST switch's ground wires and their spade terminals that attach to the keyed SPST switch that completes the "Park Brake Switch" connections to the two "RPE CONTROL Modules" ('Brains') for the two slide-out walls in the motorhome`. I had to temporarily 'hang' (tie) them up in place, as those two wires are so short that what you see in the photo is as far as the wires will come up out of the walI... I will be adding onto their lengths in order to make the removal and installation of the "Master Slide Room Control Switch" and it mounting plate easier for whoever may have to get in there again.

Due to the 'poor-quality' (choice of materials) of the OEM keyed SPST switch, I am hoping to find another SPST Keyed switch that is of better quality. The Winnebago drawing ( 11 E30W WIRING INSTL - BODY , 12V PART NO. 176899 DATED 2.2/2011) shows: "SWITCH-KEY, SPST - ILLINOIS LCK 163097-01-000 CONNECTS TO CIRCUITS DY & DDJ). "

P. O.C. SPST KEYED SWITCH FOR 2011 ITASCA SunStar Model IFE30W MOTORHOME’S MASTER SLIDE ROOMS ...jpg
 

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