Carefree Awning Won T Open

I had a buddy who had the same problem and it was the cable from the motor to the controller.

Carefree awning won t open.

Believe it or not these are for manual operation. My awning won t open. By doing this you will be able to access the wiring connection easily. I have since sol.

May be a way to test the motor. All rvs that come with an awning will come with an awning rod as well. Otherwise it will be difficult to access and test the wiring connection. Any inputs on why it closed on it own.

It is a 1995 travelair answered by a verified rv mechanic. But it will open with the remote. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. The problem with my carefree awning is when i open it it stay open for few seconds then is closed on it own.

Pull the support arm to release the ratchet attached to the other end of the lever. I have a carefree awning and the one arm will not release and come down so that i can open it. The ratchet mechanism is essentially a directional lever located on the end of the awning closest to the front of the rv. Using your awning rod switch the lever to the open position.

If you look at the end of the awning by the door you will see two contacts. I did email carefree and waiting to hear from them. Any suggestion on how to fix it 06 13 2012 2. We cannot open our awning will the button on the control board.

View profile view forum posts view blog entries view articles moderator join date may 2007 location usa wi posts 9 426. Awning will not open. To start with you have to open the awning little bit with emergency re tractor method. You are supposed to connect a 12v battery to them to run the awning.

There is no winds. Originally i created this video so that my sons could use my motorhome showing them detailed description on opening up a carefree rv awning.