FOREST RIVER Complaints

3 OF MY TIRES BLEW OUT.*DT CONSUMER STATED THE 4TH TIRE DID NOT BLOW OUT BUT WAS REPLACED AND ALL OF THE TIRES HAD ONLY 30 MILES ON EACH.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FOREST RIVER FIFTH WHEEL SABRE. THE CONTACT AWOKE WHILE SLEEPING IN THE VEHICLE TO A STRONG BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT INITIALLY FIND THE SOURCE AND OPENED THE RV WINDOW AND THE ROOM FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CONTACT WENT OUTSIDE AND TURNED THE PROPANE GAS TANK TO THE RV OFF. SHE THEN HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND IN THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT RIGHT BY THE RV ENTRANCE. THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE WALL OF THE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT UNPLUGGED THE RV MAIN ELECTRICAL 50 AMP POWER CORD AS PRECAUTION. THE POPPING NOISE STOPPED. A SECOND STORAGE COMPARTMENT LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE SLEEPING QUARTERS WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CONTACT CHECKED ALL OF THE WIRES AND SYSTEMS AND FOUND NO SOURCE OF THE SMOKING AND BURNING ISSUE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CALLED YET.

CASTLE ROCK TIRES ST 226 225/75/15.TIRESSHOW SIGNS OF FAILURE, WE PURCHASED A TRAVEL TRAILER IN MAY OF 2020. I HAVE TOWED IT LESS THAN 2K MILES AND HAVE 4 OF 5 TIRES SHOWING SIDEWALL BULGE. 1 TIRE IS THE SPARE WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN ON THE AXLE. I PLAN TO REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH A GOOD QUALITY TIRE IN THE UP COMING DAYS. I WILL KEEP THESE TIRES FOR A FEW WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME TO DETERMINE IF THEY NEED TO BE SENT SOMEWHERE TO BE INSPECTED. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE HAD A ROCK OR SOME SOLID OBJECT (WE DIDN'T SEE IT HAPPEN) HIT THE FRONT WINDOW OF OUR TRAILER, WHILE DRIVING. THE GLASS COMPLETELY SHATTERED (NOT LIKE SAFETY GLASS) AND RESULTED IN SMALL PIECES AND SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER OUR MURPHY BED (WHICH FOLDED UP AGAINST THE WINDOW) AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE FRONT END OF TRAILER. THE SHARDS OF GLASS ARE SO SMALL THAT IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN IT ALL UP SAFELY. MYSELF AND MY YOUNG CHILD HAVE STEPPED ON SHARDS AND IMPALED OUR FEET. I ALSO CUT UP MY HANDS WHILE TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE GLASS.*DT*JB

THE UNIT HAS CASTLE-ROCK 225/75/15 ORIGINAL TIRES INSTALLED ON UNIT. AUGUST OF 2019 WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP IN PANAMA CITY BEACH FLA, HAD A BLOWOUT IN DOTHAN ALA. DID NOT THINK OF A DEFECTIVE TIRE AT THE TIME AND JUST CONSIDERED IT BAD LUCK.I REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE WITH THE NEW SPARE THAT CAME WITH THE UNIT AND HAD NEVER TOUCHED THE GROUND.SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES HOME.HAD THE ORIGINAL SPARE MOUNTED ON THE ALLOY WHEEL TO MATCH ALL OTHER WHEELS AND NEW SPARE MOUNTED ON THE SPARE WHEEL. DID NOT USE AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 4,2020. LEFT FOR TRIP AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY ON HWY 231 IN SEALE ALA JUST ANOTHER 100 MILES AND HAD ANOTHER BLOW THAT SEVERELY DAMAGED THE RV SKIRTING, UNDER CARRIAGE,ELECTRICAL WIRING AND WHEEL WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RV.I STARTED RESEARCH AND FOUND THE CASTLE ROCK TIRES ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD ALL TIRES REPLACE BEFORE HEADING BACK HOME AND THE TIRE DEALER INFORMED ME ALL ORIGINAL TIRE ON THE RV WERE ALL SEPARATING AND I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT HOME WITHOUT ANOTHER BLOW OUT . LINKS BELOW OF CASTLE ROCK TIRE SEPARATION. HTTPS://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NEWS-ARTICLES/POTENTIAL-TIRE-DAMAGE-PROMPTS-RV-RECALL-FROM-FOREST-RIVER.HTML,HTTPS://WWW.FORESTRIVERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F30/CASTLEROCK-TIRE-FAILURE-WARRANTY-115943.HTML,HTTPS://WWW.IRV2.COM/FORUMS/F50/SO-CALLED-CHINA-BOMB-TIRES-368480-2.HTML. I DO HAVE TEH TIRES AND CAN SEND PICTURES OF DAMAGE IF NEEDED.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. FUSE 46 IN THE BATTERY JUNCTION BOX WAS BLOWN. CAUSE WAS DURING COACH BUILD AND FRAME EXTENSION, WIRE IN TAPE OUT TO CANISTER VENT SOLENOID CONNECTION CHAFED AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE FRAME RAIL WEARING THROUGH INSULATION CAUSING SHORT TO GROUND AND OPEN FUSE. THIS FUSE CONTROLS COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PCM SO THE SHORT CAUSE THE ENGINE TO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. THE DAY PRIOR WE WERE TRAVELING ON NARROW, WINDING AND CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS WITH NO SHOULDER SPACE--HAD IT FAILED THEN, THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER.

WHILE PULLING OUR NEW 5TH WHEEL SALEM HEMISPHERE CAMPER WE BOUGHT APRIL 2020 ON INTERSTATE NEAR ST.LOUIS AT 65 MPH REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE BLOW OUT DAMAGING THE CAMPER HAD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PUT SPARE TIRE ON UNIT TO GET HOME TRYING TO GET CAMPER FIXED BY FACTORY WHO INSTALLED TIRES ON THE UNIT.*DT*JB

THE RADIO SPEAKERS STOP WORKING OUTSIDE THEN THE ENTIRE RADIO DOES NOT COME ON. THE TV WAS WORKING THEN ONLY THE SOUND AND NOW IT JUST KEEPS GIVING A RUN CODE PROCESS. AND THE REFRIGERATOR ON THE INSIDE KEEPS GOING OFF AND ON FOR NO REASON. WE REPLACED THE FUSE BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET THESE ISSUES FIXED. I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL ON THIS CAMPER AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE RECALL IS AND IF THERE IS ONE. BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM OTHERS ARE HAVING AS WELL. PLEASE CALL ME FOR INFO [XXX] EMAIL [XXX] REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD TRAVEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE HOT WATER HEATER WAS IN USE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR ALARMED INDICATING CARBON MONOXIDE WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH WIND BLOWING TO THE REAR OF THE TRAILER. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. SUN CITY RV LOCATED AT 6310 E PLATTE AVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80915 WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT YET CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FOREST RIVER FREEDOM EXPRESS EQUIPPED WITH LIONS HEAD TIRES, TIRE LINE: CASTLE ROCK, TIRE SIZE: ST225/75/R15, DOT NUMBER: 3418. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOTTOM SLIDE OUT, THE FENDER FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE DUAL TIRES, AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE FAILURE. ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED AND REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE A BLOWOUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GENERAL RV CENTER (13396 E, US-92, DOVER, FL 33527) WHERE THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN THEIR POSSESSION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE FOR THE RV AND TIRES WERE 1,500.