Carefree Awning Won T Extend

Sadly our awning is not working and i don t know how to troubleshoot it.

Carefree awning won t extend.

Tips and tricks and what i did to retract my awn. Could be a bad strut that is hard to collapse grab the awning while out and try pushing in by hand. First time to ever have a problem with the awning. The awning wont be extending if the motorhome was in running state.

Its to prevent it from accidentally extending across the roof when you are traveling. Checked the fuse it s fine. This video is about mh carefree awning problems. It s a common mistake for campers to extend their rv awning out too far to the point where water would collect on the awning itself.

Rolled in fine this morning parked for the evening and it won t extend. Our coach has two awnings the main one over the entrance door 36rl and one installed on the curb side main slide. Main awning works ok there is 12v present at the mini plug that the awning plugs into when the switch is activated but no movement. Electric awning will not extend if the motorhome engine is running.

Usually the clicking are the gears skipping. Fleetwood southwind 37f. There can be an obstruction in the arms or rust build up on the strut. If we push the retract button it makes a little sound like a soft thunk.

Carefree awning won t extend. If this is hard to do it could be the strut. That s the standard behavior i have seen in most cases. The canvas will buckle and put too much tension on the motor.

After we got back from our august california trip the slide awning will not extend. If this happens and it does happen to rain it will likely stretch the canvas and make it difficult for you to now retract the awning. Carefree awning won t extend. At least in our motorhome this is the case.

A walk through the basics of what i learned using the carefree electric rv awning that is on my hymer aktiv. I checked the fuse it s fine. If we push the button to extend the awning nothing happens no noise or anything. The hd awning stabiliz r is a new heavy duty version of the awning stabiliz r pole kit and provides vertical support to your awning.

It is the first pole kit to accommodate both box awnings and awnings with roll bars making it versatile as it will fit carefree and competitive brand awnings as well.