[Wavery]

I don't know if the fridge on the newer models has an automatic starter. Some campers do.

Ours is a 2005 fridge and it's a manual start. We push in the gas button (after bleeding the line at the H/W heater) and hold it in for 70 seconds. It lights on the first push of the igniter button. The timing on yours may be different but once you establish the number of seconds that you must hold down the gas button, that shouldn't change. After we see the needle start to climb toward the green, we hold the gas button down and additional 20 seconds.

There is no point in pushing the igniter button repeatedly. It will only wear out the igniter sooner. If it doesn't light on 1 click, it won't light on 2 clicks.....wait 10 seconds (minimum) between clicks. Even if the gas arrives immediately after you last click, ten seconds worth of gas won't do any harm.

I see people trying to light their hot water heaters and click it a hundred times before it lights. All that does it hurt your thumb and wears out the igniter. If you do it every 10 seconds and keep track of how long it takes (say 5 clicks, or 50 seconds) try starting at 40 seconds on your next cap-out. At some point, you will establish the right time and have no more issues.