FOREST RIVER Complaints

TWO CRACKS HAVE APPEARED ON THE FRAME. WE HAVE NEVER OVERLOADED THE VEHICLE. LIPPERT COMPONENTS DOESN'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.

IN 2013 WE WERE TRAVELING TO TEXAS ON INTERSTATE 10 IN LOUISIANA WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND HARSE VIBRATION IN THE RV WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE INTERSTATE AND LOOKED UNDER THE RV TO SEE A PIECE OF STEEL WEDGED UNDER THE RV AND SHEARING ITSELF INTO THE ASPHALT. WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE IT WITH SOME DIFFICULTY PUT IT IN THE RV AND CONTINUED ON OUR TRIP TERRIFIED OF WHAT WAS WRONG. WE CALLED FOREST RIVER AND EMAILED THE ATTACHED PICTURES AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS WAS. WE TOOK IT TO RON HOOVERS IN ROCKPORT, TX TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THEY SAID IT WAS A HEAT SHIELD THAT HAD COME OFF THE RV WHEN ITS WELD DIDN'T HOLD. THEY REPAIRED IT AND IT HAS STAYED EVER SINCE. I'M TERRIFIED OF THIS RV PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE AND IF A RECALL IS WARRANTED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FOREST RIVER COLUMBUS TRAVEL TRAILER, MODEL NO. CMF3600TH. THE TRAILER WAS ATTACHED TO A 2011 DODGE RAM 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLOOR INSIDE THE TRAILER BEGAN TO SOFTEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLOOR SEEMED TO CAVE IN. THE TRAILER DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE TRAILER WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT BAD WOOD WAS USED ON THE FLOORING OF THE TRAILER. THE REPAIR WOULD COST A FEE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE.

I BOUGHT THE TRAILER 4-1-2017. DURING MY SHORT SECOND CAMPING TRIP, THE TRAILER DROPPED DOWN ON MY TRUCK BED RAILS. THE TRAILER FRAME AROUND THE PIN BOX HAD RIPPED AND AND BROKE IN MULTIPLE AREAS. ALMOST LOST MY TRAILER ON THE INTERSTATE. THE FRAME IS MADE WITH VERY THIN METAL.

UNDER THE LARGE KITCHEN ELECTRIC SLIDE OUT, INSIDE THE LEFT WHEEL WELL, THE OUTER DRIVE TUBE WHICH ATTACHES TO BOTH OUTER DRIVE ASSEMBLIES ALLOWING BOTH ENDS/OR SIDES OF THE SLIDE OUT TO RETRACT OR EXTEND EQUALLY PASSES TOO CLOSE TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE AND HAS ACTUALLY SHAVED RUBBER OFF OF THE TIRE SIDEWALL WITH THE SLIDE RETRACTED WHILE IN MOTION ON THE ROAD. CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR THE NORMAL FLEXING OF THE AXLE DURING TRAVEL WITHOUT THE TIRE MAKING CONTACT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.

2013 M-3850RL-41 FOREST RIVER TRILOGY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUE WITH MOLD IN VEHICLE AND INOPERABLE A/C UNITS. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD FAILURES WITH WET AND ROTTED FRAMES, HOT WATER HEATER, AND THE INTERIOR REACHING HIGH HEAT LEVELS WHILE THE A/C WAS RUNNING. *JS

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERS REGARDING THIS RECALL. MY LAST CONTACT WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP IN OCTOBER, 2017 (DESMOINES, IA). THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DID HAVE THE AIR BAG REPAIR PARTS. THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WAS 'PENDING', HOWEVER WAS NOT APPROVED FOR INSTALLATION AT THAT TIME. SO THEY DECLINED TO REPAIR IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE. WHILE THE CAMPER WAS PARKED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE RV. UPON INSPECTING THE RV, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE THAT THE TWO STRAPS THAT HELD THE WATER TANK IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WATER TANK SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME OF THE RV AND FRACTURED THE PROPANE LINE. BASDEN'S AMERICAN RV CENTER (600 E BASELINE RD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47725, (812) 867-5200) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO SERVICE TECHNICIAN ON SITE AND ALSO THAT THE PART TO REPAIR THE RV WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE RV WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RV.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FOREST RIVER BLUE RIDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STORAGE DOORS OPENED UPWARDS INSTEAD OF DOWNWARDS, WHICH CAUSED RAIN WATER TO ENTER. THE DEALER (SMALLWOOD'S TRAILERS AND CAMPERS, 4305 US-45 JACKSON, TN 38305) ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE CAMPER IN FOR A TRADE IN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND OFFERED TO REPAIR THE CARPET AND DOORS. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

THREE TIRES ON TRAVEL TRAILER HAD SUDDEN FAILURE (BLOW-OUTS) ON VACATION TRIP FROM OCT 16 TO OCTOBER 23, 2017. TRAILER WAS WITHIN WEIGHT LIMITS BASED ON CAT SCALE TICKETS FROM OCTOBER 16. TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. THESE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL ISSUE ON THE TRAILER, HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MILES, AND WERE ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS OLD. BLOWN TIRES CAUSED $3,948 DAMAGE TO TRAILER. THESE WERE LIONSHEAD CASTLE ROCK ST TIRES. STATED HERE BECAUSE THAT IS NOT A CHOICE ON THE FOLLOWING PULL-DOWN TIRE BRAND MENU.