FOREST RIVER Complaints

THE TONGUE ON THE CONSUMER'S 2005 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER BENT CAUSING THE PROPANE BOTTLES TO BREAK AND LEAK. *NM THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER STARTED TO DRAG AND RIPPED OFF THE JACKSTANDS UNDERNEATH THE TRAILER. THE SIDE WHEELS APPEARED TO BE BENT BECAUSE OF A BEND IN THE FRAME. *SC *JB

ON OUR 2ND TRIP WITH OUR 24FT ROCKWOOD 5TH WITH ONLY 500 MILES ON IT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, SIZE ST205/75R14 I HAD CHECKED TRIES BEFORE LEAVING SAW NOTHING WRONG, CONTACTED MIKE AT FOREST RIVER HE SAID HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CARLISLE TIRES. MY 5TH WHEEL TRAILER GVW IS 1,100 OVER THE MAX TIRE LOAD AND HE SAID (MIKE) THAT THE 1,100 IS THE HITCH WEIGHT, I TOLD HIM THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN TOWING THAT YOU LOSE HITCH WEIGHT AND THEN ALL THE WEIGHT IS ON THE TIRES. I ASKED FOR MY TIRES TO BE UPGRADED TO LOAD RANGE D OR E HE SAID NO. WE DON'T FEEL SAFE ON THESE TIRES. SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE.*AK

AUTO BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON WHEN VEHICLE (1998 GEORGETOWN MOTORHOME BY FOREST RIVER - CHEVROLET P30 CHASSIS) IN MOTION. AUTOMATIC PARK BRAKE CAME ON WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. MOTORHOME IN SHOP AT PRESENT TIME. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE PANEL BEHIND THE WHEEL. A SPARE TIRE WAS INSTALLED. FIFTY MILES FOLLOWING THIS THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CAMPER WAS DRIVEN HOME ON 3 WHEELS. A MECHANIC AND A TIRE RETAIL STORE OWNER INDICATED THAT THE TIRES BLEW OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE CAMPER. THE CAMPER WAS BEING TOWED BY A FORD F250 2002. THE TIRES MAXIMUM LOAD WAS 18/20 LBS.*AK *TC

RE DEFECTIVE 2004 CLASS C MOTORHOME MANUFACTURED BY FOREST RIVER, REQUEST A DEFECT INVESTIGATION DUE TO HEAT FROM ENGINE IN THE FLOOR BOARDS AND INTERIOR WHILE DRIVING. BF THE HEAT RISING UP HAS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO BECOME DROWSY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE A/C WHICH HELPS BUT THE AIR DOES NOT BLOW ON THE FLOOR. *NM

SUDDEN BLOWOUTS ON 3 OF 4 CARLISLE 205 75 R 14 TIRES ON TRAVEL TRAILER. PURCHASED NEW ON 9/12/03. FIRST BLOWOUT ON 3/3/04. 2ND ON 10/1/04. 3RD ON 10/21/04. HAVE CONTACTED CARLISLE W/ NO REPSONSE. ALL BLOWOUTS WERE SUDDEN WTIH SEPARATION OF TREAD. ALL TIRES AT 50 PSI AND W/IN LOAD RANGE. *AK

I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED (09/03/04) CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF TWO CARLISLE TIRES (ABOUT 80 MILES BETWEEN FAILURES) ON MY TRAVEL TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 09/14/01 (FLAGSTAFF SUPERLITE 25 LD) AND THE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FIRST FAILURE (CURB SIDE REAR) UNTIL I STOPPED FOR GAS. ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE TIRE ON THE WHEEL WAS THE TWO SIDE WALLS. FORTUNATELY THE FRONT TIRE ON THE CURB SIDE DID NOT FAIL. WE INSTALLED THE SPARE TIRE AND CONTINUED. ABOUT 80 MILES FARTHER THE FRONT TIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER. I RETRIEVED A CHUNK OF THE TIRE TREAD FROM THE HIGHWAY. LATER I FOUND ANOTHER PIECE UNDER THE BATH TUB. THE DAMAGE TO THE TRAILER WAS REPAIRED FOR $142.13 (NEW INNER FENDER $49.95, NEW TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR LICENSE PLATE $12.18, REPLACEMENT PLATE $5.00 AND LABOR $75.00). WITH TWO FAILURES WITHIN 100 MILES, WE DECIDED TO REPLACE ALL FIVE TIRES. THE FAILED TIRES WERE CARLISLE RADIAL ST, ST175/80R13 LOAD RANGE C. OTHER NUMBERS ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE SPARE TIRE WHICH I KEPT UNMOUNTED ARE: CR9579-2, AND DRCD80-A-EFS. I PHONED CARLISLE TIRE AND TOLD MY STORY TO THEIR SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. SHE SAID THE TIRE WARRANTY WAS FOR TWO YEARS. I SAID I WAS UNHAPPY WITH CARLISLE TIRES AND THE FACT THAT THEIR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DAMAGED MY TRAILER. SHE SAID SHE HAD NOTED THE TIRE TYPE AND SIZE THAT FAILED. SHE DID NOT TAKE ANY OF MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. *NM

RE: CLAIM #26875 FOR BLOWOUT OF 4 TIRES AND TRAILER DAMAGE DUE TO BLOWOUT OF 4 TIRES (TIRE SIZE ST205 75 R14 LOAD RANGE C) INSTALLED BY OEM. FOREST RIVER 25' SHAMROCK RV TRAILER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SPRING OF 2003. TOTAL MILEAGE ON TIRES IS ABOUT 4,000 MILES. IN JULY OF 2004 DURING A FAMILY VACATION FROM CONNECTICUT TO MICHIGAN AND BACK WE HAD 3 CARLISLE TIRES BLOWOUT (HEARD BLOWOUTS AND INSPECTION OF BLOWN TIRES APPEARED TO REVEAL PLY SEPARATION). BEFORE LEAVING ON TRIP TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED TO BE AT 50 PSI PER TIRE SIDE WALL RATING. FIRST BLOWOUT OCCURRED ABOUT 7:00 P.M. ONLY ABOUT 50 MILES INTO TRIP. BLOWN TIRE WAS SAVED AND TRIP WAS CONTINUED. SECOND CARLISLE TIRE BLEW (AGAIN HEARD BLOWOUT) AFTER ABOUT 800 TOTAL TRIP MILES WEST OF DETROIT (ABOUT 200 MILES ON THAT DAY) AND 2 REPLACEMENT TIRES WERE PURCHASED (REPLACE TIRE THAT JUST BLEW AND ALSO TO REPLACE SPARE FROM 1ST DAY). SECOND BLOWN TIRE WAS ALSO SAVED INITIALLY AND BOTH DAMAGED TIRES WERE BROUGHT TO BERING SPRINGS, MI VACATION AREA. NO CARLISLE TIRE DEALERS WERE FOUND IN AREA TO RETURN DAMAGED TIRES TO FOR INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT AND TRAILER/TOW VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ROOM TO STORE 2 DAMAGED TIRES FOR REMAINDER OF TRIP. TIRE PRESSURE WAS AGAIN CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE 50 PSI. TRAILER WAS WEIGHED ON COMMERCIAL SCALE WITH A TOTAL TRAILER TIRE WEIGHT OF ABOUT 5,700 LBS WELL UNDER RATING FOR THE 4 TRAILER TIRES OF 6,680 LBS (1,670 LBS PER TIRE BY 4 TIRES ON TRAILER). 2 DAMAGED TIRES WERE THEN DISCARDED. ON RETURN TRIP FROM MICHIGAN THIRD CARLISLE TIRE BLEW AT 10:00 P.M. IN CANADA JUST WEST OF NIAGRA FALLS. 3RD REPLACEMENT TIRE PURCHASED IN UPPER NEW YORK STATE AND 3RD REPLACEMENT TIRE WAS DISCARDED. FOURTH CARLISLE TIRE BLEW LABOR DAY 2004 WEEKEND TRIP TO RHODE ISLAND. THIS TIRE IS BEING RETURNED TO CARLISLE FOR INSPECTION. CARLISLE CONTACT: YVONNE JACKSON CARLISLE TIRE & WHEEL CO. 25 WINDHAM BLVD.,AIKEN, SC 29805 PHONE:1.800.260.7959 EXT. 414 EMAIL: [email protected]. *NM

RV MICROWAVE TURNS ON WITHOUT PRESSING KEYPADS ; SAME AS IN SAMSUNG RECALL, THIS IS A DAEWOO PRODUCT -MAGIC CHEF. *AK

WE WERE COMING HOME FROM A CAMPING TRIP WHEN ONE OF THE TIRES OF OUR TRAVEL TRAILER LITERALLY EXPLODED, CAUSING ABOUT $2000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE TIRES WERE CHECKED (FOR PRESSURE AND VISUALLY) BEFORE THE TRIP. THE TIRE WERE MADE FROM CARLISLE TIRE CO. AND WERE LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. THE TIRE IN QUESTION WAS A RADIAL TRAIL ST 205/75R 15. TALKING TO THE CLAIMS ADJUSTER, A LOT OF THE CLAIMS SHE FILES ARE THE CAUSE OF CARLISLE TIRES EXPLODING. OUR TRAILER IS SCHEDULED TO BE REPAIRED, BUT I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THE OTHER TIRES ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING.*AK