Carefree Awning Won T Extend

Fleetwood southwind 37f.

Carefree awning won t extend.

The canvas will buckle and put too much tension on the motor. 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. Checked the fuse it s fine. First time to ever have a problem with the 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. Carefree awning won t extend. The awning wont be extending if the motorhome was in running state. Our coach has two awnings the main one over the entrance door 36rl and one installed on the curb side main slide.

If we push the retract button it makes a little sound like a soft thunk. Could be a bad strut that is hard to collapse grab the awning while out and try pushing in by hand. If we push the button to extend the awning nothing happens no noise or anything. Rolled in fine this morning parked for the evening and it won t extend.

If this is hard to do it could be the strut. Carefree awning won t extend. Lastly it could be the gears in the motor housing. 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.

There can be an obstruction in the arms or rust build up on the strut. Sadly our awning is not working and i don t know how to troubleshoot it. I checked the fuse it s fine. I don t know if the issue is with the switch the awning or what.

A walk through the basics of what i learned using the carefree electric rv awning that is on my hymer aktiv. Usually the clicking are the gears skipping. 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. At least in our motorhome this is the case.

Electric awning will not extend if the motorhome engine is running. After we got back from our august california trip the slide awning will not extend. Tips and tricks and what i did to retract my awn. This video is about mh carefree awning problems.

Its to prevent it from accidentally extending across the roof when you are traveling.