FOREST RIVER Complaints

STARTED TO DRIVE MY 2008 MOTORHOME, WHICH HAS THE R26 WORKHORSE UFO CHASSIS, WHEN THE DASH LIT UP WITH ABS LIGHT, AUTO PARK LIGHT, HYDRAULIC BRAKE FAILURE, ETC.. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AND THE MOTORHOME LOCKED UP INSTANTLY AND WILL NOT MOVE. I CALLED A SERVICE CENTER AND THEY STATED IT WAS CAUSED BY THE MERITOR / WABCO HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM, ONCE IT FAILS IT APPLIES THE PARKING BRAKES INSTANTLY, GLAD I WASN'T GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

TRAIL EXPRESS TIRE ST 225/75R15 LR C DOT# 1KMM16A 2311 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND LOSS OF AIR RESULTING IN MODERATE VEHICLE DAMAGE. THIS TIRE FAILURE HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AFTER A PREVIOUS TIRE FAILURE OF SAME BRAND AND DOT#. *TR

TRAIL EXPRESS TIRE ST 225/75R15 LR C DOT# 1KMM16A 2311 HAD A SUDDEN SIDEWALL AT TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING A BLOWOUT. MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED AND VERIFIED AT 50PSI AND NO VISIBLE CRACKS OR DEFORMITIES AT BEGINNING OF TRIP 25 MILES BEFORE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE (NA). THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH LIONSHEAD, TIRE LINE: WEST LAKE SUPER S/T (NA), AND TIRE SIZE 225/75/15 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SECOND AXLE TIRE EXPLODED. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE TIRE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS JULT1CT4213.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FOREST RIVER SIERRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FOREST RIVER SALEM RECREATIONAL VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH VAIL SPORT ST LH99 TIRES, SIZE 225/75D15. THE CONTACT NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION AND A BUBBLE ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE DEFLATED AND CONTAINED A BUBBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14T001000 (TIRES). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900. ..UPDATED 09/30/14 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE ONE TIRE THAT HAD THE SEPARATION AND BUBBLE BUT, DECLINED THE REQUEST TO REPLACE ALL OTHER TIRES DUE TO EXPIRED WARRANTY. UPDATED 3/3/15 *JS

WHILE DRIVING WEST BETWEEN OMAHA NE AND VANCOUVER WA I HAD TWO TIRE FAILURES. THE FIRST REQUIRED PURCHASING A NEW TIRE OF A DIFFERENT BRAND. DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE SECOND FAILURE IS ESTIMATED AT $3,400 WITH MORE POSSIBLE. AND THE PURCHASE OF 4 REPLACEMENTS AS AKURET IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE I WAS TRAVELING. *TR

TOWING MY 2013 PRIMETIME CRUSADER 35' 5TH WHEEL, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON I-15 IN UTAH GOING 55-60 MPH AND LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM HOME. DAMAGED SIDE OF TRAILER AND UNDERBELLY OF WHEEL WELL. STOPPED IN NEXT TOWN TO REPLACE TIRE. ALL TIRES AT 80 PSI (COLD). 2 DAYS LATER DRIVING ON I-15 AND 90 MORE MILES, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. UPON INSPECTION OF REMAINING TOWMAX TIRES, WE OBSERVED STEEL BELT FIBERS PROTRUDING OUT FROM SIDEWALLS AND TREAD SEPARATING (BULGING). TIRES HAVE LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THEM, AND NO CRACKS OR TREAD WEAR. REPLACED ALL 5 TIRES WITH LT TIRES FOR $1250+. THESE TIRES SHOULD BE RECALLED! DANGEROUS EXPERIENCE FOR US AND COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. CHANGING TIRES ON FREEWAY WAS VERY UNNERVING.

WE HAD A 2007 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT 5TH WHEEL 28 FT. WE WERE COMPLETING OUR CROSS COUNTRY TRIP THAT WE STARTED IN FLORIDA. WE WERE IN CALIFORNIA AND AS WE WERE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A STRANGE CLANGING SOUND. THERE HAPPENED TO BE A CAMPING WORLD NEAR WHERE WE WERE AND SO WE PULLED IN. WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE FIFTH WHEEL, HE NOTICED THAT THE HITCH WAS ONLY AN INCH OR TWO FROM THE BED OF THE TRUCK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE FRAME OF THE PIN HITCH WAS CRACKED IN A NUMBER OF SPOTS AND THAT WAS WHAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE WITHOUT TAKING OFF THE FRONT OF THE UNIT. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CAME OUT AND TOTALED IT. WE THEN HAD TO PACK ALL OF OUR THINGS IN A U-HAUL AND TOW THAT BACK TO FLORIDA. WHEN WE GOT EVERYTHING OUT, WE COULD SEE THAT OUR CLOSET WAS COMPLETELY BUCKLED AND PUSHED UP FROM THE PIN HITCH. WE WERE LUCKY THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN WE WERE GOING 60-65 MPH. THIS WAS THE 4TH 5TH WHEEL THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO THAT I KNOW OF. *TR

TIRE SIDE WALL FAILING AND ABNORMAL WEAR ON BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TREADS OF ALL TIRES. TIRE SPECIFICS VAIL SPORT ST 205/75D15 DOT 69 VT 0313. *TR