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[TurnerFam]

Actually, the 'MANUAL' mode for the lever is simply to manually lower your coach(deflating the air bags). This leaves the coach much lower, lowers the center of gravity for a more stable 'parked' mode, and allows the legs to have much less travel to reach the ground. The less 'legs' you need, the better.

Now, even if you forget to put the lever back into 'AUTO' mode, it will simply INFLATE your bags automatically when you put the coach gear into Drive or Reverse. This is a safety feature, as you certainly don't want to drive with no air bags - it is a VERY ROUGH ride!

If you leave the air bag lever in AUTO mode when you park and then level, you are essentially making the coach sit much higher - not a good outcome for stability. The bags are not designed to keep you stable, but actually just the opposite, to provide the ability to 'move' while the coach is driving down the road.

Also, if you leave the lever in MANUAL, and you continue to travel, you'll be fine, but the moment you come to a stop and put the gear into PARK, you'll immediately hear the air bags start to deflate - as you've told it to do that. Probably not want you really want, but it simply reinflates when you put it back into a gear.

I've found that having a manual mode to drop the bags is a great way to solve many parking issues - when you want to simply create a lower center of gravity, put the coach down onto the frame, and yet not even have to lower the legs to still have a firmer parked mode - such as when overnighting in a parking lot - with just the two of us, I don't worry about 'having' to level the coach with the legs since dropping the bags on somewhat flat ground accomplishes enough for a simple overnight.