Leveling system went stupid on me

Dale G

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I have a 2022 Reflection 337RLS with the 3.0 leveling system. We have had the camper for almost a year and have been out numerous times and the leveling system always worked. Last night we got home from a trip to Nashville and the leveling system decided to act stupid. I say that because it didn’t fail or have any error codes, but would not properly level. Here is what it did. I dropped the front jacks and moved the truck out then started the self level. The front jacks grounded and then grounded the rear jacks, so far so good. Our driveway slopes right so it started to raise the right side but only the right rear jack worked, the right front did not so it was twisting the camper. I stopped the process and went to auto raise the rear jacks and the right front and left rear jacks raised, but the right rear remained down. It would not come up unless I auto raised all jacks. Then I tried to do a manual level but the left rear jack would do nothing. Also, if you tried to raise or lower a jack individually they would not move. You could also not use the control panel to raise or lower either side. I disconnected the power to the main controller for over 30 minutes to see if I could reset the system. All it accomplished was to erase my zero point calibration. Now I can’t auto level or manual level the camper, and there are no error codes. I also can’t home the jacks because I can’t manually drop the left rear jack, it does work in the auto level mode, but not manual mode.I did drive in the rain yesterday and we took some hard hits from the great roads of America so maybe something got wet or disconnected. Maybe a level sensor went out, I don’t know.

Has anyone heard of this type of malfunction? I will be calling the dealer for an appointment this morning as soon as they open.

Thanks,
Dale
 
OK, never mind. I decided to try it again this morning before calling the dealer for an appointment and everything is working as it is supposed to. WTF over. I am guessing a connection might have gotten wet from driving in the rain so later today I will drop the undercover and check the level sensor behind the rear axle. All of the connections on the rear jacks were dry. Can't think of anything else that would have caused it.

Dale
 
I had a long streak of auto level working flawlessly, then I dropped the front of the 310 to take the bugs off the front cap, and it really screwed things up. Backed it in the shop, disconnected, hit auto level and it dropped the front all the way down. I had to manually level it, reset the level point, and haven’t moved it since so I’m not sure if it’s ok again.
 
My son had a good point. If the battery was really drained it would have played havoc on the sensors and the leveling system. We traveled in the rain all day, so the solar panels were useless. The milk had pushed against the door of the refrigerator causing the bottom of the door to be open which means the refrigerator probably ran all day. If the truck didn't keep up with the charge, then the battery would have been low. I didn't check the voltage on the control panel when I was trying to level the camper the day we got in, so I have no idea what the voltage was. But that would explain why it worked the next day. The battery had all night to get charged by the shore power. I will have to ask Lippert when I call them later to see if this makes sense to them.
Dale
 
We've had our system for six seasons. Twice it went wacky on me during auto level. Both time were when I was starting out on an non-level surface. The first time, it locked up. I called Lippert. I had to jack the trailer up so it was somewhat level then I was able to retract the jacks. The second time it just kept adjusting trying to level. It seemed like the jacks were fighting themselves and they were way over extended. I had to abort. I had to replace one of my front jacks because it was seeping fluid. I suspect it could have been caused by the jack being over extended.

Now I manually level. I've gotten pretty good at it and I think I'm faster than the auto level function. In manual mode I first check side to side. If I'm more than a few degree's off, I'll add an extra block to the low side on all three jacks. Then I just use the back, front and side functions to get it level. I believe my adjustments are less severe than the auto level function and less of a strain on the camper.

For what it's worth......

Mark Virginia
2019 Solitude 310RK
 
Mark Virginia said:
We've had our system for six seasons. Twice it went wacky on me during auto level. Both time were when I was starting out on an non-level surface. The first time, it locked up. I called Lippert. I had to jack the trailer up so it was somewhat level then I was able to retract the jacks. The second time it just kept adjusting trying to level. It seemed like the jacks were fighting themselves and they were way over extended. I had to abort. I had to replace one of my front jacks because it was seeping fluid. I suspect it could have been caused by the jack being over extended.

Now I manually level. I've gotten pretty good at it and I think I'm faster than the auto level function. In manual mode I first check side to side. If I'm more than a few degree's off, I'll add an extra block to the low side on all three jacks. Then I just use the back, front and side functions to get it level. I believe my adjustments are less severe than the auto level function and less of a strain on the camper.

For what it's worth......

Mark Virginia
2019 Solitude 310RK
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If I am not close to level when I pull in I use the Andersen levelers that you pull up on and they increase the further you pull up. Then I use the auto level. If it is within a bubble or so I use the auto level without using the Andersen levelers.
Dale
 
I have the hydraulic six-leg Autolevel, and I simply let it do it's thing. I no longer mess with leveling blocks, that's the beauty of the AutoLevel. I've removed almost all the Camco blocks. I love not having to mess with leveling anymore. Don't even have bubble levels mounted anywhere. :)
 
Hoopy Frood said:
I have the hydraulic six-leg Autolevel, and I simply let it do it's thing. I no longer mess with leveling blocks, that's the beauty of the AutoLevel. I've removed almost all the Camco blocks. I love not having to mess with leveling anymore. Don't even have bubble levels mounted anywhere. :)
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I do basically the same thing unless I am in a really bad camping spot. If it is out too much, I will use the blocks to give the system a little help.
Dale
 
Talked to Lippert this afternoon and he said it was probably water got into one of the wire connections. If it was a low battery I would have gotten a low battery error code. He said a little water in one of the controlling wires (not a power wire) will cause all sorts of problems. He said I was the second person today with the same problem after driving in heavy rains. Hopefully it will never happen again. I checked all the connections to make sure they were properly snapped and the seals were good. I also wiped them off in case they had any moisture. He said it might also be inside the jack itself where the water is getting in. Time will tell if it does it again.
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