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Introduction
Operating the Step
This manual has been provided to
assist you with the identification,
operation, installation, and
troubleshooting of any Kwikee electric
step manufactured after January 1999
that is equipped with a door switch, a
power switch, control unit and a
permanent magnet motor. It does not
apply and should not be used as a
reference to any other previous versions
of a Kwikee electric step.
The control unit is essentially a current
sensor as well as a switching device.
When the motor assembly moves the
step tread to its extended position, or
stops moving because of an obstruction
such as a curb or the binding of a
damaged or bent step frame, the motor
draws a larger amount of current. The
control unit “senses” the larger current
draw and shuts off power to the motor.
All control units are equipped with an
"ignition override system". This system
is designed so that the vehicle will not
be driven with the step in the extended
position. When the step is locked in the
extended position, the door closed, and
the ignition is turned on, the ignition
override system will engage and the
step will automatically retract.
The “Last Out” feature is another safety
feature designed to extend the step
when the door is opened for the first
time after the vehicle ignition is turned
off, even if the power switch is turned
off. When the ignition is switched on, the
function of the power switch is disabled
and the step will always extend when
the door is opened and retract when the
door is closed.
Some van steps use door switch only
operation. When the door is opened the
step extends and the step retracts when
the door is closed.
NOTE: Follow the instructions in this
manual carefully. Failure to do so may
result in damage to the step control,
the motor and/or the vehicle wiring.
Such damage may also result in voiding
1. After the installation is complete
and with the entrance door open, turn
the power switch on.
NOTE: Some steps are not equipped
with a power switch. They are activated
only with a door switch.
2. Close the door. The step should
retract and lock in the "up" position.
3. Open the door. The step should
extend and lock in the "down" position
with the understep light on.
NOTE: The understep light is not
available on all step models.
4. If your step is equipped with a
power switch, turn it off. The step should
remain in the extended position with the
understep light off when the door is
closed. Turning off the power with the
step retracted will hold the step in a
retracted position as well.
5. With the power switch off, the step
extended, and the entrance door
closed, turn on the vehicle ignition. The
ignition override system will go into
effect and the step will automatically
retract.
NOTE: If the yellow wire from the four-
way connector is not connected to an
ignition power source, the ignition safety
system will be inoperative and the step
will remain in the extended position. In
this case, the power switch must be
turned on for the step to retract.
WARNING: If the vehicle
is driven with the step
in the extended
position, there is the possibility
of causing major damage to
both the step and the vehicle.
6. Turn the vehicle ignition off and
open the door. The step will extend and
lock in the "down" position. This is the
"Last Out" feature.
7. The “Last Out” feature is only
operative the first time t he door is
opened after the vehicle ignition is
turned off.
When the vehicle ignition is on, the step
will always activate with the door
movement, regardless of the power
switch position.
NOTE: If the yellow wire from the four-
way connector is not connected to an
ignition power source, the "Last Out"
feature will not operate.
BE SAFE.
ALWAYS LOOK
BEFORE YOU STEP OUT
OF YOUR VEHICLE.
!
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