Emergency Exit Window Latch
Just to alert everyone to a potential problem we just had with our emergency exit window. When we left the Buellton rally on 4-18-07 we travelled 50 miles north to Pismo Beach & began setting up. We found our emergency exit window ajar (in the bedroom), with the latching lever (the one with the red tip) hanging down on the OUTSIDE of the rig. It had come unlatched while enroute on the highway and the window had been flapping & flopping in the wind. The window's top flange with pop rivets is bent and loose and the window can't be closed from inside without me lifting it up from the outside to get it inside the window frame. I subsequently found that when closing the day/night shade down it comes in contact with the latching lever. In our case it causes the lever to pop out from under the little ridge in the bracket that secures the red handle, & allows the handle to vibrate up and over to the point the wind pulls the window open, the handle to come out, and the window to flop around & be damaged. This is not really a problem when parked, but we travel with the shades up and when we were ready to leave we didn't know the handle was not really secure since it was in the closed position and lying in the bracket that is supposed to hold it in place. Just a heads up to everyone to double check that lever & make sure it is actually locked down in place under the edge of the latch. Since our discovery I've pulled the shade down several times, and every time hear the little 'click', raise the shade & find the latch was moved to the unlocked position. Mike
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