Slide out seals splitting

[KEN9XL]

Originally Posted by NMWildcat

I've never treated any of my slide seals on any RV with anything. My current RV is 7 years old. Seals are fine. I suspect there are different qualities of seals?

I am going to lean to the side of fully agreeing with what you are saying.

After saying that though, I still feel like the factory employees grab whatever is available to them at the time, especially since everything assembly line piece meal construction. Could I be wrong?

[KRas]

I have a 2017 30DS FR3. It is past the standard warranty and I just noticed that both sides of both slides are cracked and near to falling off. I also have some cracking on the inside seals. I have an extended warranty, but still have to pay $200 of the $600 bill. I’ve been told by the service rep, that I should be using a spray on my slide to reduce the friction. Sounds that is only an interesting suggestion. What makes me believe that this won’t repeat in 2 years. Could the problem have been helped along by putting the slide out in cold temperatures?