Air Suspension Problem

[confused]

I have a 2005 American Eagle Model 42R with a tag axle and a Spartin Chassie. My problem is that when I start the coach up, the air bags won't fill up, unless I use my auto air ride supension button to manuelly inflate them. Then after I shut it off they leak down in about 30 min.
Does anybody have any idea's what my problem is ?

[Skipper 05MA]

Not sure what specific chassis you have but on my Newmar 05 Mountain Aire I had a problem with the front bags going down when parked. Finally a trip to Spartan and they found a valve in the rear of the coach that was faulty. Fixed.
Yours also sounds like some sort of valve issue.

[confused]

The problem isn't that they leak down as much as they won't inflate on there own. Without me manually doing it.

[GaryKD]

Hi confused,
Welcome to iRV2. This is a shot in the dark as I do not know your specific chassis. The signature coach has a Spartan MM chassis, with an IFS front suspension. There are two rods in the front (one for each side) and one rod in the rear that control when the bags get air. For some reason the rod(s) may be out of adjustment. If I raise my jacks before starting the engine, my bags will not fill more than 50% of the time. If I start the engine, wait about 5 seconds and then retract the jacks, the bags will fill every time. To me this means the movement of the coach allows the rods to trip the switch that tells the system to put air in the bags.