2002 Forest River Wildwood problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Tires (2) · Tires:tread/Belt (1) · Suspension:multiple Axle (1)
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (1)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Equipment 2020-08-05 · 511213 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this is a document that describes how to take the required photos to assess the slideroom mechanism for adjustment and function.
What owners report
2008-07-23 · Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer“i received a recall notice from forest river, who is the manufacturer of my travel trailer that dometic has found a problem with the refrigerator in my trailer and that there is a potential leak that can develop and cause a fire. after contacting dometic and finding out that my unit is one of the recall units they informed me that i had to take it…”
2005-07-27 · Tires“we took our vacation this year and went to canada. when i set up our camper, i noticed we had a tire with a bulge in the side wall. we did find a dealer in canada that handede these tires and got it replaced. the dealer told us that carlslile had lots of problems with the tires we had on our camper. so they replaced the bad one, for a charge. …”
2005-06-21 · Tires:tread/Belt“returning home from new hampshire vacation and was traveling approx. 60 mph when we heard a loud thud and looked in the side mirror and saw that the right front tire cap blew off the tire and ripped off our forest river 36ckss 5th wheel travel trailers fender skirt and damaged the undercarriage of trailer. all 4 tires plus the spare were new on o…”
2005-03-31 · Suspension:multiple Axle“i was driving home from a trip in the mojave desert and stopped for fuel at hwy 395 and hwy 58 intersection. i noticed that one of my trailer tires had no tread left on it and that the other one was starting to wear very badly on the outside edge. it was the right rear tire that lost its tread and was loosing air and it was putting excessive stre…”
2004-07-27 · Tires · 9,000 mi“blew carlisle 225x75x15 load range "d" tire and damaged my trailer. i paid for a replacement tire, and did not seek a replacement from carlisle because the tire was completely destroyed. while at the trailer dealer getting a bid on repairs i found another tire with a separation. i sent this back to carlisle and they sent me a new one. while at a ti…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.