We had a small fire in a heater duct hose for the duct in the upper bathroom. It was caused by the duct hose being in contact with the positive battery cable connection on the 2,000 Watt 120 volt Inverter located in the passthrough under the bathroom floor. The duct is made of foil and has a plastic liner. The plastic line is what was on fire, and the whole duct hose was hot, (the furnace was not being used at the time). Luckily we caught this before it got to be a larger fire, and also while we were sleeping. I reported this to Forest River, I haven't heard from them yet.
2023 Forest River Vengeance
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the unknown or other. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown or Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsUnknown or OtherFire
Filed Dec 24, 2023NC
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2021| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 — this page | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 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.