Forest River Cedar Creek 2009
Model Cedar Creek made in 2009 by Forest River got 10 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to structure and suspension. There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 2009
Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| EQUIPMENT | ||||||||||||||||
| 10V454000 | FOREST RIVER, INC. | V (Vehicle) | 2207 | 01/28/2011 | ODI | FOREST RIVER, INC. | 10/01/2010 | 10/06/2010 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Forest river is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. the plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An overheated receiver could cause a fire. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Forest river is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. the safety recall began on january 28, 2011. owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 09/26/2011 | |||
| Our unit had cracks in the gel coat, upon removing the nose cap we found that the welds had failed and we were told that the metal in the actual frame was to weak to hold the weight of the unit. it had to be sent back to the factoryin indiana and was completely rebuilt, we did extensive research and a great number of forest river products that have lippert frames have had weld and metal failures. our unit was in the shop for over 4 months. had we not found the problem we could have had the nose of the fifth wheel come down on our truck and caused a serious accident. | |||
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 09/16/2010 | 4000 | ||
| I have a 2009 forest river sandpiper 5th wheel trailer. i have had tire problems and was told that it was due to the manufacturer undersizing the axles and springs. i have had a catastrophic blowout which could easily resulted in an accident but thankfully there were no other vehicles nearby. i had one of forest river's own dealers tell me that i had a problem with the springs being flat and that it was unsafe to operate. the tires are highway trooper tires manufactered in china and sold by greenball corporation. when searching for the tires online, i was surprised to learn that many of the postings were about the failure of the tires at about 4000 miles which is exactly when i had a blowout. my biggest concern is the flat springs and the fact that forest river used two 6000 pond axles under my 15,000 pound trailer. my wife and i live in our trailer full time traveling thruout the country. we have put over 7,000 miles on since july and i'm afraid that our travels could be dangerous but can't afford to replace out trailer which we bought brand new less than a year ago. i have contacted jeff johnson at forest river on numerous occassiions over the past 4 months but can't seem to get the company to act on any of my dozen warranty problems. the date of the blown out tire is what i'm using as the incident date but i would like to see an investigation of both forest river corporation for the spring and axle problems as well as the greenball corporation for the defective tires that they are importing and selling here in the us. after finishing your form, i found that your form would not accept highway trooper under the greenball corporation for the tires and that my sandpiper was not one of your options under forest river so the form is not perfectly accurate. | |||