1998 Forest River Windsong

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › headlights. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Parking Brake	1		0	0	0
Exterior Lighting › Headlights	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Recreational Vehicle/Trailer07V085000

Filed Mar 5, 2007128,000 vehiclesForest River, Inc.

Defect. CERTAIN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR, MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION, MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE. PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE (GAS FLAME) IS PRESENT.

Risk. RELEASE OF COOLANT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS COULD IGNITE AND RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. FOREST RIVER WILL BE WORKING WITH DOMETIC IN ORDER TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 06E076). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURN HOUSING, A THERMAL FUSE, AND A MELT FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST YOU IN LOCATING DEALERSHIPS OR SERVICE CENTERS AND WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH SCHEDULING OF APPOINTMENTS. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DOMETIC/STERICYCLE AT 1-888-446-5157 OR FOREST RIVER AT 1-574-389-4600,

What owners reported

Newest filings

Parking Brake

Filed Nov 21, 200427,631 milesTX

AUTO BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON WHEN VEHICLE (1998 GEORGETOWN MOTORHOME BY FOREST RIVER - CHEVROLET P30 CHASSIS) IN MOTION. AUTOMATIC PARK BRAKE CAME ON WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 60 MPH. MOTORHOME IN SHOP AT PRESENT TIME. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET.*AK

Exterior Lighting › Headlights

Filed Mar 29, 2001FL

CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT END DESIGN CAUSES WATER TO FILL HEADLIGHTS AND SHORT OUT, ALSO THE DESIGN AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY CAUSES POOR ROAD ILLUMINATION, MANUFACTURER HAS PAYED FOR REPLACEMENT LIGHTS AND HAS FOWARDED AN ADDITIONAL ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO PURCHASE ADD ON LIGHTS, STILL THE PROBLEM WITH DESIGN AND FUNCTION EXISTS. *JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2004	0	1	0	Routine
2003	6	3	0	Routine
2002	1	4	0	Routine
2001	1	3	0	Routine
2000	2	2	1	Routine
1999	0	2	0	Routine
1998 — this page	2	1	0	Routine
1997	0	1	0	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Mar 5, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.