FOREST RIVER Complaints

NEW TIRES INSTALLED APRIL 2013 ON OUR 2008 FOREST RIVER, WILDCAT FIFTH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER BY LES SCHWAB IN FOLSOM, CA. POWERKING TOWMAX ST225/75R15 MAY 2013, FOLSOM, CA. TO PORT ANGELES, WA. AND RETURN TOTAL MILES THIS TRIP 1664. JULY 2013, FOLSOM, CA. TO ROSEBURG, ORE. AND RETURN TOTAL MILES THIS TRIP 894. DEC. 2014, FOLSOM, CA. TO ROCKLIN, CA. AND RETURN TOTAL MILES THIS TRIP 20. NO OTHER TRIPS WERE MADE IN 2014 DUE TO KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERIES. JUNE 12, 2015 DEPARTED FOLSOM, CA., TIRE A BLEW OUT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF GRANTS PASS, ORE. TOTAL MILES THIS TRIP TRIP 354. LIMPED INTO LES SCHWAB IN GRANTS PASS, ORE. THEY REPLAICED A AND AFTER CHECKING THE OTHER THREE TIRES THEY REPLACED TIRE B AS IT WAS BOWED OUT IN THE TREAD. THERE WAS NO CHARGE. WE THEN CONTINUED ON TO PORT ANGELES, WA. JUNE 25, 2015 357 MILES OUT OF PORT ANGELES, WA., NEAR COTTAGE GROVE, ORE. TIRE C BLEW OUT WITH 3767 MILE ON IT, WE MANAGED TO GET TO A REST STOP THAT WAS ABOUT .25 MI. AHEAD. CALLED LES SCHWAB IN COTTAGE GROVE. THEY SENT OUT ROADSIDE SERVICE TO CHANGE TIRE C. THE SERVICE MECHANIC CHECKED TIRE D WHICH WAS BOWED OUT ON THE TREAD AND HE SAID IT WAS SAFE TO TRAVEL ON. WE WERE CHARGED $98.00 FOR THE SERVICE CALL AND HE PRO RATED THE TIRE AT 63% AND CHARGED $33.94 FOR IT. WE CONTINUED ON TO FAMILY 20 MILES WEST OF ROSEBURG. JUNE 26, 2015 REMOVED TIRE D AND TOOK IT INTO ROSEBURG LES SCHWAB TO BE CHECKED FOR SAFETY AS IT WAS BOWED OUT JUST LIKE TIRE B HAD BEEN. TIRE A FRONT LEFT, TIRE C BACK LEFT, TIRE D FRONT RIGHT, TIRE B BACK LEFT.

THE INNER DOOR HANDLE ON THE ONLY EXIT DOOR BROKEN DUE TO BEING MADE OF CHEAP POT METAL. PREVENTING EXIT FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC IF VEHICLE HAD BEEN ON FIRE. POSSIBLE PART # ATWOOD PART NUMBER IS 248333382.

AFTER I PURCHASED THIS TRAILER (USED IN 2014), I NOTICED TIRE WEAR ON THE INSIDES OF BOTH WHEELS ON THIS SINGLE AXLE. FURTHER EXAMINATION LEAD ME TO NOTICE THE AXLE WAS BENT ON ONE SIDE. I GOT ON THIS WEB SITE AND NOTICED ANOTHER COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE WRONG TYPE OF AXLE USED FOR THIS MODEL. I HAD THE TIRES ALIGNED AND REPLACED THEM WITH NEW GOODYEAR TIRES, BUT THE AXLE IS STILL BENT. WAITING TO SEE IF THE ALIGNMENT CURES THE PROBLEM.

TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON THEM AND TREAD SEPARATES AND TIRE BLOWS CAUSING RV TO SWERVE ON ROAD AND TEAR UP EXTERIOR AS WELL AS INTERIOR PARTS. ALSO SENDS PARTS AND PRICES OF TIRE AND RV INTO TRAFFIC. TIRE WAS INFLATED TO CORRECT PRESSURE AND HAS FULL TIRED DEPTH LEFT ON THEM. TIRES SEEM TO BLOW OUT AT AROUND 60-70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER WHERE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD AKURET KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE CLAIM. IF A PROBLEM IS KNOWN WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL. NOT A VERY FUN TIME WHEN RV STARTS TO GO ALL OVER THE ROAD AND PUTS FAMILY IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS TIRE IS TALKED A LOT BY RV FORUMS.

ON OCT 22 WE WERE EAST BOUND ON TEXAS 287 ABOUT 10 WEST OF QUANAH, TX WHEN THE RT REAR GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE ST235/80 R 16 CATASTROPHICALLY BLEW OUT CAUSING $2783.00 OF DAMAGE TO THE BODY PANELS AND SLIDE MOLDING OF OUR BLUE RIDGE 3125 5TH WHEEL. THE DAY WAS COOL AND SOMEWHAT RAINY AND THE BLACKTOP WAS QUITE SMOOTH WITH NO CHUCKHOLES PRIOR TO BLOWOUT. I'D HEARD STORIES ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR E RATED GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, SO I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURES THAT MORNING AND THIS TIRE WAS LOWER THAN THE 80 PSI COLD I MEASURED IN THE OTHER 3 TIRES ON OUR 5TH WHEEL. WE SPENT THE NITE IN DALHART AND I PRESSURED UP THAT TIRE IN DALHART TO 80 PSI COLD AS THE OTHER 3 WERE OK. I LOOK FOR TIRE BULGES AND UNUSUAL LOOKING TREAD AND SAW NOTHING LEADING UP TO THE TREAD/STEEL BELT SEPARATION LEADING TO THE SUDDEN BLOWOUT. I REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES AND SPARE WITH A MICHELIN 235/85 R16 TIRE THAT MY DEALER RECOMMENDED I SWITCH TO. DISCOUNT TIRE PUT THEM ON FOR ME WITH THEIR LIFETIME WARRANTY INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE. I'M GOING TO PURSUE THIS AS FAR AS I CAN. IF THAT TIRE HAD BLOWN UP IN MY FACE WHILE PRESSURING IT UP.... WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN SOMEONE MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN STEEL BELTS SUDDENLY EXPLODE WITH THAT PERSON RIGHT BESIDE THE TIRE!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FOREST RIVER SALEM. AFTER HITTING A LARGE BUMP OR POTHOLE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY LOWERED CLOSE TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V554000 (SUSPENSION, TIRES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/10/16*LJ *JS

WE HAD TWO COOPER DISCOVERER AT3 TIRES, SIZE 225/75/16, THAT HAD 26,500 MILES OF USE, PEAL THE TREAD COMPLETELY OFF WITHIN 100 MILES OF EACH OTHER. THEY WERE PART OF A SET OF 4 ON THE DUELS OF MY FORD CLASS C MH. AT THE TIME OF SEPARATION THE TEMP WAS 75 MY SPEED WAS UNDER 60, TIRE PRESSURE WAS 86 ON MY MONITOR. THE TIRES STILL HAD GOOD TREAD. THE DOT CODE ON THEM WAS: DOT UPIL !AN 2812 WITH 55703-1R 43858 BELOW..

MY TRAVEL TRAILER HAS A FRONT DINING BOOTH, WHICH DOUBLES AS A BED WHEN THE TABLE IS IN THE LOWERED POSITION. THE ORIGINAL WOOD SUPPORTS FOR THE TABLE ON THE SEAT FRONTS ARE TOO THIN TO ACCOMMODATE THE TABLE WHEN USED AS A BED. THE TABLE HAS FALLEN OFF THE WOOD RAILINGS AND OUT OF THE METAL HANGING SUPPORTS. THE WOOD ATTACHED TO THE SEAT FRONTS IS SKINNED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE. THE TABLE HAS COLLAPSED, TEARING OFF THE TABLE SUPPORT AND LANDING ON MY FOOT. I SUSTAINED A FOOT INJURY IN THE LATEST COLLAPSE, PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED.

MY TRAVEL TRAILER CAME EQUIPPED WITH 2 COKER P225-75R15 PASSENGER CAR TIRES. THE SIDEWALLS ON THESE 2 CAR TIRES ARE TOO WEAK TO SUPPORT THE GVW OF THE TRAILER. THE TIRES REQUIRE AN EXTRA 10 LBS. OF AIR PRESSURE ABOVE THE PSI STATED ON THE TIRES IN ORDER TO RIDE PROPERLY. THEY STILL BULGE AS THOUGH GOING FLAT EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL AIR PRESSURE. THIS TRAVEL TRAILER SHOULD HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL TRAILER TIRES WITH STRONGER SIDEWALLS AT A MINIMUM. WE WORRY CONSTANTLY ABOUT HAVING A BLOWOUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FOREST RIVER CARGO MATE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE WHEEL STUD FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V390000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.