2017 Forest River Coachmen

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility/Wiper1
000
Suspension1
000
Structure1
000
Fuel/Propulsion System1
000
Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › Furnace1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure
Filed Feb 21, 202315,600 milesNV

The contact owns a 2017 Forest River Coachmen. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the rubber seal detached from the vent and shattered without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure. Additionally, the contact stated that the second vent was partially detached. The contact referenced NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V523000 (Equipment, Structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was 15,600.

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer › Lpg Systems › FurnaceFire
Filed Dec 3, 2021250 milesOR

The contact owns a 2017 Forest River Brookstone RV. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked he and his family were in the trailer. The contact smelt something burning in the trailer. The contact inspected the trailer and noticed the burning smell was coming from the heater ducts in the trailer and had melted due to the material of paper and Styrofoam in the heat duct to extremes heat coming from the furnish in the trailer. The contact took the vehicle to a local dealer who diagnosed the failure as the contact expected was extreme heat coming from the furnish that caused the heat ducts to melt. The dealer disconnected the furnish from the heater deck, however the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 250.

Visibility/Wiper
Filed Nov 7, 20171,400 milesFL

PURCHASE A NEW 2017 FOREST RIVER COACHMAN CROSS COUNTRY 404RB ON JULY 15, 2018. UPON RECEIVING COACH IMMEDIATELY NOTICED LOUD WIND NOISE AS WELL AS HOT AIR COMING IN THROUGH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD AREA OF COACH. TOOK MY COACH TO THREE CERTIFIED COACHMAN REPAIR FACILITIES TO FIND OUT THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. QUOTE FROM LAZY DAYS RV CENTER UPON REMOVING OLD WINDSHIELD " CUT OUT FRONT WINDSHIELD AND FOUND WINDSHIELD NOT TOUCHING URETHANE ACROSS BOTTOM". I DROVE THIS COACH ALL OF 100 MILES TO MY HOME AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THIS PROBLEM. FOR SOME REASON IT MADE IT TO THE CUSTOMER IN THIS CONDITION AS WELL AS BEING DRIVEN 1300 MILES FROM INDIANA TO FLORIDA WITHOUT THE COACHMAN DRIVER NOTICING! OWNED FROM JULY 15 TO CURRENT, UNABLE TO USE AS NOT SOLD IN USABLE CONDITION. ABLE TO USE STARTING NOVEMBER 1, 2018 AFTER REPAIRS.

Suspension
Filed Nov 7, 2016100 milesDE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FOREST RIVER COACHMAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A BANGING NOSE FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE BY THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AXEL MAY BE FRACTURED HOWEVER, WERE UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Oct 31, 20162 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FOREST RIVER COACHMEN CLIPPER RV 16BH. WHEN THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE HOME AND WAS TESTING EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE PROPANE TANK WAS NOT CONNECTED TIGHTLY AND THE COACH FILLED UP WITH PROPANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2017
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20211100Routine
2017 — this page5010Routine
20162000Routine
20152000Routine
20132000Routine

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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.