Carefree Awning Won T Extend

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Carefree awning won t extend. Carefree awning won t extend. Carefree awning won t extend. Sadly our awning is not working and i don t know how to troubleshoot it. If we push the retract button it makes a little sound like a soft thunk.

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. Russ 06 08 2015 09 04 pm 2. This video is about mh carefree awning problems. Its to prevent it from accidentally extending across the roof when you are traveling.

At least in our motorhome this is the case. 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. After we got back from our august california trip the slide awning will not extend.

Lastly it could be the gears in the motor housing. Electric awning will not extend if the motorhome engine is running. 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.

The canvas will buckle and put too much tension on the motor. If we push the button to extend the awning nothing happens no noise or anything. 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. Checked the fuse it s fine.

I don t know if the issue is with the switch the awning or what. I checked the fuse it s fine. There can be an obstruction in the arms or rust build up on the strut. Usually the clicking are the gears skipping.

Could be a bad strut that is hard to collapse grab the awning while out and try pushing in by hand. Tips and tricks and what i did to retract my awn. A walk through the basics of what i learned using the carefree electric rv awning that is on my hymer aktiv. If this is hard to do it could be the strut.

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