Forest River Wildcat 2007

Model Wildcat made in 2007 by Forest River got 9 consumer complains. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to structure, tires and trailer hitches.

Model 2007

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS
04/20/2009
 Tl*the contact owns a 2007 forest river wildcat trailer. while the trailer was parked, the metal-welded tubing failed that was located on the front end. there was indication of ineffective welding performed on the trailer. the failure occurred without warning. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were not applicable.
TIRES
07/03/200960001
 On my 2007 wildcat 5th wheel trailer we had a double blow out on i95 in florida,the tires came apart from the inside out with only about 5 to 7k miles on them. also the tires were only about 3 years old. inspection of another tire should it was close to blowing out so all four tires were replaced. *tr
06/17/20094000
 Tl*the contact owns a 2007 forest river wildcat 27rls fifth wheel trailer. the vehicle has power king towmax tires, size p225/75/15 (na). the contact stated that the tires had tread separation. the tires had 4,000 miles. while driving 60 mph, the tread separated and caused extensive damage to the trailer. there were no injuries. the contact called the tire manufacturer, but there was no dealer in his vicinity that could repair the tire. the failure mileage was 4,000.
10/10/200886001
 I had the tread separate from the sidewall on my trailer tire. powerking towmax s/t225/75r15 (bpr lrd) dot code on the side of the tire is ohmc 2206. tires were always maintained at 65 psi. luckily for me, this failure occurred at very low speed (less than 5 mph) and there was no damage to the trailer or injuries caused. tire is rated at 2,600 lbs (four tires for a total load on the axles of 10,400 lbs) and last full weight at a cat scale was just over 8,000 lbs on the axles (1,600 on the pin for a total trailer weight of ~9,600 lbs with a gvw for the trailer of 11,500). tire should not fail after 2.25 years. trailer is a 2007 forest river wildcat 29bhbp 5th wheel. *tr
TIRES - VALVE
05/15/2008103/01/2007
 Tl*the contact owns a 2007 forest river wildcat 32qbbs. as the contact was checking the tire pressure on his vehicle the valve stem on the front passenger side tire had broken off of the rim. the tires where taken to a local tire dealership where the valve stems were replaced. as of july 31, 2008, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. the failure mileage was 900 . updated 09/15/08 *bf updated 09/17/08. *jb
TRAILER HITCHES
11/04/201015000
 I own a 2007 forest river 5th wheel trailer. it is a wildcat model 28rkbs. the manufacture of the frame for the 5th wheel trailer is a company called lippert components, there was a failure of the 5th wheel hitch pin box to where it is welded to the frame cross members. there was cracks in both the front and rear cross member that support the the 5th wheel hitch, the front cross member was cracked by more than 90% of the width of the cross member. the rear cross member was cracked across the total width of the pin box. when i am referring to cross members that is the steal beam of the frame that spans the width of the trailer and supports the 5th wheel hitch. i was lucky that i noticed the problem with the hitch prior to a complete failure of the hitch. if the hitch had completely failed it could have caused a major accident with poperty damage, injury and possible death. to me this looks like a weakness in the design of the 5th wheel hitch on lippert components frames. after this happened, i contacted forest river and they said that it was lippert components problem . i then contacted lippert component and they said it was not their problem, because it was out of warranty. i did some research on the intenet and i was amazed at how much information there was on the web about problems with lippert frames and about the lack of support from lippert to correct their problems. i think it is time for someone to look into the problem with frames before someone gets injured or killed from a lippert pin box to frame failure. if you need to see pictures of the failure to my 5th wheel pin box, i can send them to you, thanks for your help.

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