Forest River Reflection 2001

Model Reflection made in 2001 by Forest River got 4 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to electrical system and exterior lighting. There was one recall concerning equipment .

Reflection year 2001

Recalls
Consumer Complaints

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Model 2001

Recalls

Campaign	Manufacturer	Type	# of units affected	Date Owner notified Mfg	Recall Initiated by	Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products	Report Recieved Date	Record Creation Date
EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
07V085000	FOREST RIVER, INC.	V (Vehicle)	128000	11/13/2007	MFR	FOREST RIVER, INC.	03/05/2007	03/07/2007
Defect Summary	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.
Consequence Summary	Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Corrective Summary	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,
Notes	Customers may 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	Purchase date
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
07/23/2001	3751	07/23/2001
	While driving my forest river inc. reflections motorcoach at night in idaho, i lost all of my dash lights, switches on the right side of dash quit and the headlights went out. at other times i have lost the taillights,brake lights. the head lights would not stay adjusted and this was known before the coach left the plant because of a poor design in the brackets. the air brakes could only be drained of moisture by crawling under the coach as the cables attached to the valves were never brought to the outside of the coach. the step cover failed so the steps leading outside the coach could not be covered without substantial problems. these steps were right in front of the passenger seat. the slide out room hydraulic system failed and the emergency procedures for retracting the room were not proper requiring the coach to be driven over 50 miles with the room extended approximately 18 inches outside the coach. this coach was determined to be a lemon by the court in oregon. the date below is the day the problems started and this coach has been in and out of the shop on a consistent basis since that time for numerous other failures. *nlm
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
07/23/2001	3751	07/23/2001
	While driving my forest river inc. reflections motorcoach at night in idaho, i lost all of my dash lights, switches on the right side of dash quit and the headlights went out. at other times i have lost the taillights,brake lights. the head lights would not stay adjusted and this was known before the coach left the plant because of a poor design in the brackets. the air brakes could only be drained of moisture by crawling under the coach as the cables attached to the valves were never brought to the outside of the coach. the step cover failed so the steps leading outside the coach could not be covered without substantial problems. these steps were right in front of the passenger seat. the slide out room hydraulic system failed and the emergency procedures for retracting the room were not proper requiring the coach to be driven over 50 miles with the room extended approximately 18 inches outside the coach. this coach was determined to be a lemon by the court in oregon. the date below is the day the problems started and this coach has been in and out of the shop on a consistent basis since that time for numerous other failures. *nlm
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
07/23/2001	3751	07/23/2001
	While driving my forest river inc. reflections motorcoach at night in idaho, i lost all of my dash lights, switches on the right side of dash quit and the headlights went out. at other times i have lost the taillights,brake lights. the head lights would not stay adjusted and this was known before the coach left the plant because of a poor design in the brackets. the air brakes could only be drained of moisture by crawling under the coach as the cables attached to the valves were never brought to the outside of the coach. the step cover failed so the steps leading outside the coach could not be covered without substantial problems. these steps were right in front of the passenger seat. the slide out room hydraulic system failed and the emergency procedures for retracting the room were not proper requiring the coach to be driven over 50 miles with the room extended approximately 18 inches outside the coach. this coach was determined to be a lemon by the court in oregon. the date below is the day the problems started and this coach has been in and out of the shop on a consistent basis since that time for numerous other failures. *nlm
VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM
04/23/2001
	Defroster does not work. when defroster is turned on cold air blows from air vent, causing windows to fog up. please provide any further details.*ak

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OR	EUGENE		INGRAM RV	(541)463-0405