2021 Forest River Ibex

Defect. Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Forest River Cardinal, Wildcat, 2018-2019 Cedar Creek, 2021 Columbus, 2023 Continental Cargo, 2021-2024 Dynamax DX3, Dynamax Dynaquest XL, Dynamax Isata, Forest River IBEX, 2022-2024 Dynamax Europa, Forest River NOBO, 2022-2023 Forest River Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, and 2021-2023 Dynamax Force trailers. The LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.

Risk. A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy. Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the LED backlights and terminate the wiring, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed by May 14, 2024. Owners may contact Suburban customer service at 1-574-247-9235 option 5; Cardinal & Wildcat customer service at 1-574-296-7700; Cedar Creek customer service at 1-260-593-4000; Columbus customer service at 1-574-821-1487; Continental Cargo customer service at 1-254-420-0171; Dynamax customer service at 1-574-264-6664; Ibex & Nobo customer service at 1-574-6421612; and Sandstorm & Shockwave customer service at 1-909-873-3777. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1760.

Defect. Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 IBEX travel trailers. The shackle nuts may have been insufficiently tightened during production.

Risk. Loose shackle nuts can fall off the shackle bolt, causing the axle to detach and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy. Dealers will tighten shackle nuts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 24, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-3119. Forest River's number for this recall is 77-1361.

There were so many QC issues I can't even list here but I opened the back to find the microwave door open and hanging my one bent hinge with the other broken. Then my door started sticking and it got progressively worse. It then became apparent that the frame was separating from the walls creating a gap behind the door that continually got worse and was later evident across the entire rear of the trailer. I tried to get the dealer to look at this but they would not as it wasn't listed under their "Keep you Camping" policy. They even removed the wheels to repack the hubs and didn't catch the major issue right above the axle. SO, they ordered me a new microwave but wouldn't think about the root of these problems which were evidence of a bending and breaking frame. Frustrated with the dealer, I then contacted Forest River/Ibex warranty dept and sent pictures. I was told to take it to an authorized repair center. This center said the frame was broken, the trailer was not safe to tow further and should be totaled. It remains on their lot 2000 miles from my home. Ibex warranty turned this over to Lippert, the frame manufacturer, who sent out a mobile tech. His report mentioned evidence of "bouncing" or bottoming out which would create a crack on top of the frame. He stated "both gray and black water tanks are behind the axle one of them all the way back and must have been filled with water to cause this much damage." Since the black water valve was broken for 2 months and I couldn'