The contact owns a 2023 Forest River Cardinal. The contact stated that while driving and making a right turn, the electric living room slide unexpectedly deployed and opened. The RV was taken to the dealer, but the cause of the failure was not determined. Additionally, while driving at various speeds, the RV was extremely unstable and difficult to control or steer. The contact stated that the exterior storage door erroneously opened. The contact was concerned that storage items might fall from the RV while driving on the highway. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 300.
2023 Forest River Cardinal
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsStructure
Filed Mar 18, 2025300 milesMS
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2015| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.