Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2019 Forest River Cardinal

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer21V523000
Filed Jul 9, 2021825 vehiclesForest River, Inc.

Defect. Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River Blue Ridge, 2014-2019 Forest River Cardinal, 2014-2020 Forest River Cedar Creek, 2014-2021 Forest River Georgetown, 2019 Forest River Legacy, and 2017-2018 Forest River Riverstone recreational vehicles equipped with Hehr 6400 Series windows. The adhesive that bonds the vented portion of the window may fail.

Risk. Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1380.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 6, 2024TX

Rv fiberglass is cracking and delaminating because of frame is given to much think they call it frame flexing the fifthwheel hitch Has a lot of frame flexing in it now where before had very little I feel like something is come unwelded and is loose with the hitch contacted Forest River about it they basically told me I was on my own my warranty went out in 2020 this was a $65,000 fifthwheel and have structure failure with and they don’t want to help you or talk to you about it I thought well ok maybe I am one in a million but after researching this somebody should have made lippert frames do a recall on these there all over the internet with the same problems different manufacturers but same frame I contacted them a year when all of this started and they did the same thing then try to brush it off as owners fault please I need some help on this issue

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2015
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20240100Routine
20231000Routine
20220500Routine
20211600Routine
20201100Routine
2019 — this page1100Routine
20180300Routine
20177300Routine
20162400Routine
201511100Routine
20141400Routine
20132200Routine
20121000Routine
20103000Routine
20095100Routine
20081000Routine
20067100Routine
20056210Routine
20042200Routine
20031300Routine
20021200Routine
20011210Routine
20002100Routine
19992110Routine
19982100Routine
19970100Routine

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Other Forest River models

All Forest River models →
Cherokee 160Georgetown 132Rockwood 119Wildwood 111Salem 98Flagstaff 68Wildcat 54R-Pod 54Shasta 51Cedar Creek 48

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jul 9, 2021. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.