On my 06 PT all of the awnings and slide tops the seam back thread came apart, last year one at a time I took them off and had all the seams resewn by a shop down in Surprise, Az. The lady there was the one who said the fabric they used is very expensive and that they Girard had used the wrong backing thread. She only charged $25-30 for each one. The hard part was getting them off and on. I still haven't got the ps awning timed correctly, just need to take the time and figure it out. The tech I spoke with at Girard said it was easy, yeah right for him!