Carefree Awning Won T Extend

After we got back from our august california trip the slide awning will not extend.

Carefree awning won t extend.

Lastly it could be the gears in the motor housing. Fleetwood southwind 37f. If this is hard to do it could be the strut. 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.

This video is about mh carefree awning problems. That s the standard behavior i have seen in most cases. Our coach has two awnings the main one over the entrance door 36rl and one installed on the curb side main slide. Electric awning will not extend if the motorhome engine is running.

I checked the fuse it s fine. Its to prevent it from accidentally extending across the roof when you are traveling. 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. Checked the fuse it s fine.

The awning wont be extending if the motorhome was in running state. If we push the retract button it makes a little sound like a soft thunk. Sadly our awning is not working and i don t know how to troubleshoot it. 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.

The canvas will buckle and put too much tension on the motor. I don t know if the issue is with the switch the awning or what. There can be an obstruction in the arms or rust build up on the strut. 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. Usually the clicking are the gears skipping. A walk through the basics of what i learned using the carefree electric rv awning that is on my hymer aktiv. First time to ever have a problem with the awning.

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. Could be a bad strut that is hard to collapse grab the awning while out and try pushing in by hand. At least in our motorhome this is the case. 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.

Tips and tricks and what i did to retract my awn.