Forest River FR3

Owners filed 17 complaints across 12 model years of the Forest River FR3. The 2021 drew the most (5).

Model years12
Complaints17
Recalls28
Fires2
Deaths0

Which Forest River FR3 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Forest River FR3 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Forest River FR3 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new0
1———Routine
20241
21—Unknown or OtherRoutine
20230
3———Routine
20222
3——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20215
31—Unknown or OtherRoutine
20200
4———Routine
20190
4———Routine
20183
2——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20171
2——SuspensionRoutine
20161
2——Unknown or OtherRoutine
20152
1——Exterior LightingRoutine
20142
1——Exterior LightingRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.