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Rosie RV Thumper and Dog Dog


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Hi All,

Yesterday we traveled in a really heavy rain for a couple of hours.  The rain was so heavy at times we had to stop for a while. After the trip and set-up, I noticed the carpet was wet at both ends of all three slides.  Some spots were just damp but one area was particularly wet.  Fortunately that spot was an area rug by the door so I was able to pull it up and wash it.  Our RV is less than a year old and we are new to RVing.  This is the first time we have been on the move in such heavy rain but I can't imagine that is normal.  We have not had any other problems with water around the slides.  Any thoughts?

We have had MANY other problems with our RV over the past 7 months since we went full time.

Thanks in advance for any information you might offer.

 

 



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Definately not normal, slides might need adjustment to pull in tighter, seals might be faulty, every RV is different, caulking is also a possibility. Caulking is not part of the slide but areas above or next to the slide could be traveling via a seam....

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Genecop is correct, there are a zillion potential causes. My 07 Elite had the same problem and a great rv body shop in Ocala took 3 days to find the problem. Correcting it meant removing the slides and some major work so they band aided it and it was OK for the next couple of years that I owned it. You problem is likely different but as a 2013 you might still get it looked at under warranty? As I fulltimer myself, I know taking it in is a royal pain, but that's what I'd do.

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Thanks Guys,
We are taking it in when we get back to Oregon (where we purchased the RV) for a few warranty items. Our one year warranty is up on 6/15. We'll add the leaking slides to the list.
Thanks again!


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Here's a possibility....

At the bottom of the trailer wall at each end of the slide there maybe a little plastic cup. It's there so the water from a wet slide out has a place to go as you roll the room in. Sometimes the manufacturers will allow the carpeting to dip into these cups (the carpeting should be cut away from around these cups). The carpet then whickes up the rain water from the cup.

On our 5th wheel we would end up with a large puddle of wet carpet around each end of the living area slide during heavy rain. I cut the carpet from around the cups and the carpet no longer gets wet.

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We had a similar problem on our previous travel trailer and the service dept at Guaranty RV in OR found that some of the screws were loose or missing on the inside/underneath portion where the slide should have been flush with the side of the trailer (and no, I'm not trying to create a joke here regarding a screw loose, I already know that!! hehe). I'm not the best technical person to describe this, but they looked and realized the problem and fixed it for us onsite at the RV Dreams Rally in Harrisburg.

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