Awning extending while driving

Just guessing but if you have a Carefree Eclipse Awning manufactured around 2008 it only had on flat side on the motor drive. This is a known problem and should have been a national recall due to the dangerous situation it can cause. My awning also fully deployed this spring while driving down the Oregon coast highway. I was lucky to have room to pull over and manually roll it up, tie it in place and finish my trip. Carefree did replace the motor assembly and drive cap under their 4 year warranty since even though my coach is an 08 I did not buy it until 2010. Anyone with a Carefree Eclipse awning manufactured around 2008 needs to check for the drive shaft. If you only have one flat side replace the motor assembly or at least drill the cap and install a pin. This is a very dangerous situation which could cause an accident or even death.

Had the same thing happen on a trailer years ago.

The awning had just been installed at an RV repair place who said they knew all about them. I had only gotten about two blocks from the place when it happened so I retracted it and went back.

Turned out this one was the only one they had ever installed and they had wired the auto retract wrong.

I eventually had the auto retract disabled as it isn't worth a hoot.

Did you have to get the cab deodorized? Congratulations on keeping it under control with that big sail flapping in the breeze!