Forest River Wildcat 2011
Model Wildcat made in 2011 by Forest River got 7 consumer complains as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference, among others things, to tires and unknown or other. There was one recall concerning equipment .
Model 2011
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 - OTHER - LABELS | ||||||||||||||||
| 10V355000 | FOREST RIVER, INC. | from 01/20/2010 to 07/22/2010 | V (Vehicle) | 155 | 08/09/2010 | MFR | FOREST RIVER, INC. | 08/03/2010 | 08/03/2010 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Forest river is recalling certain model year 2011 wildcat travel trailers manufactured from january 1, 2010 through july 22, 2010. the information for the models' gross vehicle weight rating, gross axle weight rating, tires, rims, and air pressure was incorrectly inputted in the corporate computer system. as a result, the gross axle weight rating label and the tire label on the vehicles is incorrect and may lead an owner to inadvertently overload the vehicle. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An overload condition may result in an axle or tire failure increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Forest river will be mailing corrected labels to retail purchasers, and/or to dealers. the safety recall began on august 9, 2010. owners may contact forest river at 574-206-7600. | |||||||||||||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 08/22/2012 | 6600 | 1 | |
| Dot 1kmm16a 1710 tires were on this 2011 forest river fifth wheel purchased july 19th 2011. in the state of pennsylvania a state inspection is required. it passed the first inspection when trailer was registered in august of 2011. when inspected in august of 2012, the inspection failed due to tires having dry rot, a potential hazard of blowing or separating . i keep the trailer on a concrete pad with tire covers. concern is i was lucky that i require a state inspection annually, if not i would never guess that the tires were bad. they look fine to me with lots of tread and no apparent cracks or separation. if not for a professional looking at tires i would have kept running them till the 5 year mark of having them then inspected or replaced. thus the tire could have failed before then and causing a potential hazard. *tr | |||
| 05/20/2011 | 6000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2010 forest river wildcat (n/a) with trail express power touring tires (n/a), size st225/75/r15 and dot 1kmm16a. while the vehicle was parked, the contact inspected the vehicle and noticed there were cracks in the tires. the vehicle was taken to a tire inspection shop where the technicians stated the tire tread was separating and there were cracks on the side of the tread. the tire was replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 6,000. | |||
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 08/22/2012 | 6600 | ||
| Dot 1kmm16a 1710 tires were on this 2011 forest river fifth wheel purchased july 19th 2011. in the state of pennsylvania a state inspection is required. it passed the first inspection when trailer was registered in august of 2011. when inspected in august of 2012, the inspection failed due to tires having dry rot, a potential hazard of blowing or separating . i keep the trailer on a concrete pad with tire covers. concern is i was lucky that i require a state inspection annually, if not i would never guess that the tires were bad. they look fine to me with lots of tread and no apparent cracks or separation. if not for a professional looking at tires i would have kept running them till the 5 year mark of having them then inspected or replaced. thus the tire could have failed before then and causing a potential hazard. | |||