Do not allow twigs or leaves or any other solid debris to be rolled up in the awning.
Care free electric awnings arms not locking after retracting.
If independent power does not turn it on then you have a failed nbsp carefree motor and it will need replacing.
Check your owners manual for instructions on manually retracting your awning until you have received the necessary replacement parts nbsp.
If this is hard to do it could be the strut.
Mine does that as well the top of the forward arm doesn t quite seat so i get in the truck bed and smack it into position.
After a couple tries we got the awning extended but the fabric at both ends is unsupported and droops down slightly so it looks like the awning is not fully extended but it is fully extended.
Change polarities of the battery connection to the wire and see it retract or extends.
No noise was made on the models we checked out during the buying process.
Is it the result of the awning not rolling up centered or is one of the arms out of alignment.
Both awnings make a rather loud screeching noise when retracting.
If it does not then you need to look for your electric awnings wiring and motor.
If it works off of independent power then it s the wiring or the switch.
Awning not lining up straight when retracting.
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.
If it needs replacing then get that done at the earliest.
Automatic retractable awnings will use electric sensors to know when to extend or retract the awning.
These tend to go out quite often and will need replacing.
Do not use in strong wind rain hail or snow.
The unit should begin to operate again.
On this particular model during the walk through the tech did not show us the extract retract process so i do not know if this is a normal noise or not.
Let the motor cool down for 10 to 15 minutes and then try the remote again.
Prolonged use or in and out several times in a row can cause the motor to temporarily shut down.
Lastly it could be the gears in the motor housing.
There can be an obstruction in the arms or rust build up on the strut.
Another reason your awning in not retracting good could be the screws on the awning chord.
We just purchased a new landmark 365 charleston with 2 awnings that auto retract extract.
Realign the rv awning arms and make sure they stay in their position.
Issue with awning wiring.
This chord should not move you need to keep it intact in its position.
Retractable awnings are intended as protection against sun only.
Your awning motor has a built in thermal override to prevent overheating.
We recommend that patio awnings be and remain retracted in wind speeds of 20 mph or greater.
