I bought my imagine 2021 2500RL in Feb 2021, lived in it for 30 days I the month of March everything functioned well. I came home 1300 mile trip back to Utah, all worked fine, next trip was a 4 nighter in May, all worked good, came home was cleaning up trailer and when putting slide out in the out position it started to drag and stopped going out. I inspected everything and found nothing visibly wrong or blocking slide out, so I tried to retract it back in and it started to bind with the front side stopping while the left kept coming in. I ran the slide back out and was able to retract back in with no issues. Called the dealer and took the trailer in for repair, they claimed replace the H-column. At dealer all worked well so brought trailer home, set it up, leveled, etc, and started to run slide out out and it basically went through the same issue not wanting to go out, binding, stopping etc. Called Grand Design and had a mobile RV Repair come out and assess. Long story, replaced H-column again, and upper and lower tracks, new seal. The H-column on the 2nd repair was apparently a new design from the original. Slide out working fine now. Used trailer for e short trip the rest of the year. This week went out to trailer to get ready for a two month winter trip to the southern US, And tried to move slide out to out position and it started to bind and make noise on the rear (left) side, not the side that had been repaired. I managed to get trailer back in and then out all the way but the rear side was making noise like it was tracking wrong. I expected the track and it appeared to be rubbing and chewing into the track teeth. Called the mobile repair he came out and assessed the H-column, motor and upper and lower tracks need replaced.
Basically after 3 times using and minimal In and outs with the slide out I will have had to replace the slide out mechanically tracking system.
Sorry for the long story, but appears the Schwintek slide out system is not a well design system. Has anyone else been grounded from using their trailer because the slideout is not reliable?
Frustrated in Utah…
Basically after 3 times using and minimal In and outs with the slide out I will have had to replace the slide out mechanically tracking system.
Sorry for the long story, but appears the Schwintek slide out system is not a well design system. Has anyone else been grounded from using their trailer because the slideout is not reliable?
Frustrated in Utah…
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