![]() ![]() Besides not having the right tools, I didn’t have the mechanical problem-solving skills that Kyle did. I showed him the box with the claim that it would be no more than a 10-minute installation job. Kyle, the service tech who usually works on our RV, agreed. Since I was heading to my RV dealer (Holland Motor Homes in Holland, MI) for a couple of factory service updates, I brought along the new lock and asked if I could add it to my repair job. And haste never helps when doing mechanical things. Besides, it was cold out and when you are shivering, you hurry. But Jennifer, knowing that I am probably the unhandy handyman you could ever find, suggested that I get some help. I was about to try and install this myself. Maybe if you are very lucky, have all the right tools close at hand and have done this a gazillion times… maybe then it can be done in 10 minutes. The RVLock advertises itself as a 10-minute install. Click below to see and then keep scrolling down for more information about this project. We made an entire video of the installation process of the RVLock and how it works. ![]() But the main draw for me is the keypad entry. There is a standard key and there is also a remote fob I put both of those on the same key ring as my RV key and the old fob. The lock sells for $209 and offers a keyless entry handle with a push-button keypad combination lock that can be set for whatever four-number sequence you want. That gives me a small commission if you buy it from that link. Let me make it clear, I paid full retail for my new lock I have no relationship with the company, although I am using my Amazon affiliate link for it. I didn’t want to always have to carry my set of keys and a fob with me. I wanted a lock that I could open without a key, without a fob by simply pressing a combination of numbers in an integrated keypad That darn RV entry door would stay locked until we fished out a key, or we went in through the cab and crawled over the front seats to unlock the door from the inside.įor me, the clear solution was a new lock Preferably a keyless RV lock for the RV door. Which meant that I always had to have the keys with me.Īnd Jennifer keeps her keys in her purse, which is usually inside the RV. That required me to dig out the keys and manually lock that door. No matter what chassis or brand RV we had. Even though that fob always works with the cab doors, the same can not be said of the center door to the motorhome. Sometimes the electronic contacts in the door itself need cleaning.īut more often than not, it just doesn’t work. Sometimes, the battery in the remote fob runs down. We’ve had five other RVs over the years and we had this same problem with all of them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Just push the fob and the motorhome door opens and locks with the other two doors. Like most RVs, our unit came with a key fob that unlocks and locks both the cab chassis driver’s and passenger doors and the center door as well. ![]() We’re talking about the center door lock to the motorhome itself, not the up-front cab door locks for the motorhome. They come with a remote key fob and, even though it is advertised as a keyless system, a couple of keys if you prefer to also have that. The company that makes the RVLock has a wide variety of these keyless entry system solutions that will fit both right and left-hand opens. But the RVLock product will work as a replacement lock on fifth wheels, most any motorhome, and pretty much any kind of travel trailer on the market Let me first say we did this on our Class C Leisure Travel Vans Wonder on the Ford Transit chassis. We just installed the keyless RVLock to replace the standard center door handle and RV lock on our motorhome and it is one of the best upgrades we have done to our RV. 1.7 Ready for RV Travel? Try Boondocking!.1.4 Installation Problems with the RV Lock.1.2 The main reason why I bought the RVLock.1.1 Why we decided to replace the door clock.1 We just installed the keyless RVLock to replace the standard center door handle and lock on our motorhome and it is one of the best upgrades we have done to our RV. ![]()
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