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Old 01-11-2018, 01:30 PM   #1
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Question Comfort Drive feels like MAX at engine start

Something is acting up with my comfort drive. A few weeks ago before I took it to storage I started it up and started driving. The wheel was very stiff as if CD was at max. I turned it to 1 and the wheel "released" (like a pop) and it was fine. I then dialed it back to my typical spot of 3.5.

Today I went to pick it up from storage and again the wheel was stiff and it was last left on 1. I tried turning it up and then down and nothing, it was not changing and the wheel was very stiff. I had to shut down to hookup the toad so I figured that may be the trick. It was. After restarting CD was normal again.

Anyone else had this type of issue with comfort drive?

Oddly too when I start I hear a clicking noise almost like a turn signal but it's not the turn signal. I release the air brake and put it in drive and that noise goes away. Possibly unrelated. Friggin gremlins!
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Something is acting up with my comfort drive. A few weeks ago before I took it to storage I started it up and started driving. The wheel was very stiff as if CD was at max. I turned it to 1 and the wheel "released" (like a pop) and it was fine. I then dialed it back to my typical spot of 3.5.

Today I went to pick it up from storage and again the wheel was stiff and it was last left on 1. I tried turning it up and then down and nothing, it was not changing and the wheel was very stiff. I had to shut down to hookup the toad so I figured that may be the trick. It was. After restarting CD was normal again.

Anyone else had this type of issue with comfort drive?

Oddly too when I start I hear a clicking noise almost like a turn signal but it's not the turn signal. I release the air brake and put it in drive and that noise goes away. Possibly unrelated. Friggin gremlins!
Sounds like you are not letting the computers sequence their startup algorithms completely.
Try just turning on the key and let it go thru all the clicking, when that quits, then start.
The CD may be one of the last systems "enabled"
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Old 01-11-2018, 01:43 PM   #3
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Sounds like you are not letting the computers sequence their startup algorithms completely.
Try just turning on the key and let it go thru all the clicking, when that quits, then start.
The CD may be one of the last systems "enabled"
I typically wait for the diesel yellow light to go out and then start. I could wait a bit longer. Hasn't been an issue for 6 months until now.
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Related thread with good info: http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/comf...ml#post3639847

I did have the chassis battery in disconnect while in storage, possibly in both of these situations. Learning continues.
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Something is acting up with my comfort drive. A few weeks ago before I took it to storage I started it up and started driving. The wheel was very stiff as if CD was at max. I turned it to 1 and the wheel "released" (like a pop) and it was fine. I then dialed it back to my typical spot of 3.5.

Today I went to pick it up from storage and again the wheel was stiff and it was last left on 1. I tried turning it up and then down and nothing, it was not changing and the wheel was very stiff. I had to shut down to hookup the toad so I figured that may be the trick. It was. After restarting CD was normal again.

Anyone else had this type of issue with comfort drive?

Oddly too when I start I hear a clicking noise almost like a turn signal but it's not the turn signal. I release the air brake and put it in drive and that noise goes away. Possibly unrelated. Friggin gremlins!
We had the same problem. Newmar checked out our CD and it was fine. They reference that the CD can "go to sleep". They suggested putting the dial on 0 when starting it, let the starting sequence run its course to an exaggerated extent, and turn the wheel all the way to right and then all the way to the left and it will "wakeup" the CD. Since we have done that we haven't had the CD seem like it was on 6 when it was on 0.
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This behavior is completely normal. This has nothing to do with the position of the efforts control and everything to do with the fact that it was in storage with the battery off, I assume. The CD must relocate its straight ahead position as described in question 33 of the Tour of the Comfort Drive.


The link is in a sticky at the top of this forum but you can go directly to it here:


http://www.irv2.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=232


I strongly recommend that anybody with a Comfort Drive download and read this document to better understand this unique device. That's why I wrote it.
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Hi Ken - Just a pat on the back. We just recently came across west Texas is some miserable winds. In fact when my wife exited the coach at a rest area she nearly fell over from the wind. The coach tracked wonderfully and it definitely cut the pucker factor to nearly nil. Before buying our Newmar I wondered if CD was a sales gimmick. No, it is for real. Thanks for the good work. Wouldn't be without it in any coach.

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This behavior is completely normal. This has nothing to do with the position of the efforts control and everything to do with the fact that it was in storage with the battery off, I assume. The CD must relocate its straight ahead position as described in question 33 of the Tour of the Comfort Drive.


The link is in a sticky at the top of this forum but you can go directly to it here:


http://www.irv2.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=232


I strongly recommend that anybody with a Comfort Drive download and read this document to better understand this unique device. That's why I wrote it.
Thank you. Homework downloaded. I'll read it soon and prepare for the test.
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Got beat to the answer. Chassis battery disconnect. Read Ken's Most Excellent CD Adventure Guide, copy the battery disconnect procedure to a 4x6 card and keep it handy.
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That “clicking” sound is probably your fuel pump. Let it finish clicking before starting
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Neal.....you may have to be punished if you keep creating unnecessary issues.
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Comfort Drive feels like MAX at engine start

Hey cut Neal some slack, he started his day with the news that Spartan is breaking in to the 37’ market.
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Hey cut Neal some slack, he stared his day with the news that Spartan is breaking in to the 37’ market.
That means the chassis is going to stick out the front 6 feet? Great place to mount a selfie stick!
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