FOREST RIVER Complaints

This trailer came out of manufacturing with nails sticking out of the both sides facing all four tires. This caused two of the tires to explode while I was towing. Manufacturer is refusing to take responsibility! This is a major safety/life danger issue. Please investigate. I have pictures to prove all that! Not all pictures were able to be uploaded/pls ask for additional pictures. Second tire explosion caused fender to fly off on the freeway.

Weld seams broken on battery shelf which holds 4 27D Batteries. If I had not noticed this problem the batteries would have fallen to the road below, and possibly cause injury.

I received notification from NHTSA, recall: 22V556, Canada Recall:2022-368, FR ID 51-1532 regarding the above-described vehicle. Please note that I DO NOT AND NEVER HAVE PURCHASED OR OWN THIS VEHICLE. I DO NOT KNOW WHO OWNS IT AND WHERE TO SEND THE THREATENEING LETTER SENT TO ME BY NHTSA. OK!

The contact owns a 2022 Forest River Rockwood. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V243000 (Equipment) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. The contact stated the issue was resolved months ago.

Nothing happened. My complaint is the inactivity and not resolving recall #22V243 on a propane connector on my RV that can leak and cause an explosion. I received the notice 4 months ago and I'm told there are no parts available when Forest river is pumping out new trailers every hour. This is ridiculous!

we have a holding tank that has broken away from cheaply installed brackets and is coming through the bottom on the camper. Driving this is a hazard and if this had completely fallen out while we were driving over a pass it could have been fatal This is the major problem- there are many other smaller ones like trim coming off- flooring under sink collapsing. I would think if Forest River was a reputable company something would be done to fix this since the repercussions could have been catastrophic.

Well after i tried to see if there was any warranty on my fifth-wheel. I contacted BAL industries. They where very helpful. After purchasing a new landing leg with motor along with a new brain for the auto leveling system. I then calibrated all legs and tried to auto level the trailer. It actually worked. Fast forward a week later big camping trip for four days. well got to where we are camping and once again only one landing gear leg worked. the other one just make a popping noise. Mind you it was still on my truck. tried turning on and off multiple time and even rechecked each leg. They all worked but the right front. So that was a fun four days in a not so level $115,000.00 trailer. Well got home and manually got the trailer off. I worked with BAL as no one would help at the local forest river dealer. I got another brain and installed it again. Recuperated all legs. working as it should even could use the auto level feature. Third time sense I bought the trailer. Now another four day trip. Went to pull trailer off the truck it came off no issues, Then auto level feature would not work. it only would drop the rear jacks and bring up the front left very unsafe. This is how it fell on my head the last time. Now got it level enjoyed the couple days there. Then i go to leave dropped the trailer on to the truck. Right leg will not move electrically or manually. Well after four hours and three jacks later I was able to put it back on my truck and head home. I have contacted my local dealer but they are two months out and they said no recall or warranty for this trailer at this time. so i have to pay out of pocket. Well if i am paying the monthly payment i do not want it to sit for months on end. This is disappointing as I spent a lot of money for this fifth wheel trailer and it has been nothing but a pain. No support other then the BAL industries. I couldn't even get my local Forrest River dealer to take my money for a extended warranty that they said they had.

Driving through construction zone on 70 at 70/71 interchange and tire exploded. 2nd one to explode on same side of the camper. First was a while ago but damaged tire was the same condition as this one.

The contact owns a 2021 Forest River Aurora RV. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V477000 (Electrical System) however, the contact cannot move the RV due to not having a truck powerful enough to tow the RV to a dealer to have the recall repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer was not being reasonable about making accommodations to repair the RV. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure milage was unknown No parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2007 Forest River Palomino travel trailer equipped with Towstar STR Tires, Tire Line: ST Radial, Tire Size: ST225/75/R15, DOT Number: 1ADB4HFT13718. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the front driver’s side tire experienced a blowout. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The contact was able to park on the side of the highway and replaced the front driver’s side tire with a spare. A dealer was not contacted. The contact stated two weeks later the rear passenger’s side tire experienced a blowout. The contact was able to park on the side of the highway and replaced the front passenger’s side tire with a spare. The contact took the travel trailer to a tire shop and replaced all four tires. The tire shop informed the contact that the front passenger’s side tire had a bubble. The contact called and informed the tire manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.