Forest River Salem Lite
Model Salem Lite made by Forest River got 3 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to engine and engine cooling and equipment. There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 1999
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | ||||||||||||||||
| 99V349000 | FOREST RIVER, INC. | from 01/04/1999 to 07/31/1999 | V (Vehicle) | 459 | 12/01/1999 | MFR | FOREST RIVER, INC. | 12/14/1999 | 12/30/1999 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: trailers and fifth wheel vehicles equipped with an optional exterior cook top. some of the cook tops were constructed with a rubber hose attached directly to the burner manifold. this hose could melt because of the heat from the burners and leak liquid propane gas. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could result in a fire in the cook top. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the gas connection hose with the proper sub assembly. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began december 1, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact forest river at 1-219-534-3167.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 12/15/1999 | 2 | 08/01/1999 | |
| Brand new car with a defective engine/i want a new replacement of vehicle | |||
| EQUIPMENT - RECREATIONAL VEHICLE | |||
| 07/07/2008 | 1 | ||
| We had a failure of our dometic rv refrigerator in our 1999 salem 29 ft. camper this weekend. we came back from a hike and noticed a strong smell of ammonia inside. i shut off power to the unit and came home. after talking to some friends ,they stated that there was a nhtsa recall on certain dometic units. i looked up the recall and called the dometic help line only to be told that they will pay for a shield to be put on to prevent failures and fires , but not repair a unit that had failed even though they are aware of the problem in the design of the unit. we are the original owners of this camper and filled out all warranty cards when we purchased the camper, including the dometic card. we have never received notification that a problem existed that could cause life safety issues with the continued use of their product. if we had been asleep in the camper when the cooling system failed we could have been asphyxiated by the release of the ammonia gas into the trailer. now they tell me they won't repair a known design problem with their product that they failed to notify us about. thank you *tr | |||
| TIRES | |||
| 03/10/2004 | 1 | ||
| On feb 9, 2004 while driving the consumer heard noise coming from the right rear tire , and found the tire had a big bubble, tire was replaced, one months later, on two different occasions while driving at 55 mph, two tires blew up. carlisle size st225/75r15. *ak | |||