Did you receive an Owner's Manual with your Fleetwood? I did not. Finally discovered I could download it from Fleetwood, but by then I was way behind the curve in learning how to manage this RV's systems. Anyway, on with my own ownership story.
We live in Colorado, drove our Winnebago gasser to Phoenix for the month of February and part of March last year. Went crazy and bought a Pace Arrow 35M from LaMesa while we were down there. (Sure cost us extra in taxes across the two states - duh.) We lived in the Pace Arrow for several days before having to get back home to CO, and, of course, found issues we needed to get resolved.
We arranged to get the RV back to LaMesa for resolution the day before we needed to hit the road. They sorta took care of several small issues (kinda hap-hazard fixes in some cases, including a couple of outright lies), but our main problem was the rear air conditioner did not work. They said it needed to be replaced, and naturally they could not achieve that in one day. I figured I could just take it to a local dealer to get that done after our return home. Took it to the local Lazydays. After a major delay on our scheduled service time and total lack of communication, they finally said it was going to require a part they had to order in. So we took it out for a couple of nights at a nearby state park. Guess what. Now NEITHER A/C worked!
They finally got it back in to service, decided it was a major electrical problem, so they STILL didn't have the right parts. Something about overly high amperage and a failed "amp clamp." More delay. Finally got the part in, eventually let it back in their shop, and said they fixed it. We ended up having time before winter for only one outings to our nearby Rocky Mountains. In Breckenridge we did not need the A/C.
We own a heated garage with 30 amp service, so we don't winterize our motorhome. As I've now seen on page 149 in the owner's manual (and did previously with the Winnebago), I've generally left the shoreline plugged in and the batteries disconnect switches left in connect position to allow for trickle charging batteries. I get it out for a short drive occasionally, but not often.
In preparation for this winter's trip to Phoenix for the month of March, I recently checked on the Pace Arrow only to find it would not start and inside lights would not work. A jump start on the chassis battery allowed it to start, run, and charge things up, but the house system stayed totally offline. I tried to diagnose the cause, but even with a call to Fleetwood tech support followed by a more thorough call with an at-cost tech support line, we had no idea what needed to be fixed, other than noting that the Surge Guard had 2 glowing red lights. (A licensed electrician recently tested garage circuits and ruled them perfect!)
I arranged to have my still very low mileage (4,030) Pace Arrow looked at by the local Camping World. It took 3 hours, but they finally discovered that a 200 amp in the house battery compartment had blown up...literally. Techs had never seen that before and didn't know what could have caused it. (Really?) Of course, since it was merely a blown fuse, they determined it was not covered by warranty. Uh-huh, but might not the cause be warranty related? I'm suspecting it has something to do with the previous "service" by Lazydays.
I returned to check things last night. Drove it a few miles. Plugged it in upon return, and now the red lights a lit on the Surge Guard again. -groan-