Carefree Power Awning Problems

06 14 2015 11 47 am.

Carefree power awning problems.

I did email carefree and waiting to hear from them. Carefree of colorado was first mentioned on pissedconsumer on jun 29 2016 and since then this brand received 22 reviews. If this is hard to do it could be the strut. 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 anti flap kit by carefree of colorado is designed to clamp onto each side of your awning canopy making it more taught and helping eliminate excessive canopy movement that can damage the awning hardware. If lock arm base and lock cam is worn replace or repair. If still tension on spring then unwind spring counting number of turns. Any inputs on why it closed on it own.

The problem with my carefree awning is when i open it it stay open for few seconds then is closed on it own. Carefree of colorado electric awning if your specific model is equipped with a carefree of colorado 12v electric awning it can be extended or retracted with the switch located on the wall inside your unit see picture below. Do not buy this. Could be a bad strut that is hard to collapse grab the awning while out and try pushing in by hand.

Carefree of colorado overview. The overall rating of the company is 1 3 and consumers are mostly dissatisfied. Carefree of colorado ranks 369 of 1647 in service centers and repairs category. There is no winds.

If spring is under tension apply slight pressure and hold while removing the quarter inch bolt holding end cap to awning arm. The canvas will buckle and put too much tension on the motor. Lastly it could be the gears in the motor housing. It will also offer added rigidity and support to your awning.

Protect your rv awning set of 2 clamps to each awning side. Caution extend only until you see the gray flap at the end as damage could occur if you. 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.

Remove end cap rivets and slid spring assy out.