2015 Forest River Shasta problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Wheels (16) · Structure:body (6) · Suspension (4)
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
28 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (1)
Equipment:other:labels 2015-05-22 · campaign 15V303000 · 120 vehicles
Defect: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Coachmen Shasta SHT27RL travel trailers manufactured May 7, 2013, to May 7, 2015. The affected trailers may have an incorrect gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) information stated on the Federal Weight Tags. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."
Risk: Incorrect GVWR information on the label may lead the operator to load the trailer to an incorrect weight, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Fix: Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the incorrect label with a corrected label, free of charge. The recall began on June 23, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8717. Forest River's number for this recall is 53-05132015-0035.
What owners report
2018-10-24 · Wheels · 8,000 mi“i have a travel trailer with 15' white painted steel spoke wheels, after a year one had a air leak where the rim and spokes are welded together, about 6 months later another wheel had the same thing happen, i ended up putting innertubes in them. in sept. of this year while traveling at 65mph on highway 80 in iowa, we had a wheel/tire failure since…”
2018-02-19 · Unknown Or Other · 3,500 mi“frame is not stable. flexing of frame allows front of trailer to move forward. the front walls separating from frame. lag bolts insufficient to hold trailer on frame. while backing on an incline, the trailer flexed and made contact with my pickup truck.…”
2017-11-22 · Structure:body“the frame welds were inadequate and have broken away on the front part of the trailer near the tongue. the center cross member between the tongue is dangling. it is a 2015 shasta 1961 re-issue 16 foot trailer. it is clearly an example of shoddy workmanship, and is definitely a dangerous safety issue. i am not sure when this happened. i only became …”
2017-10-26 · Unknown Or Other“movement of frame away from trailer body. movement of trailer tongue away from body and separation of benches in front of trailer interior. lag screws sheared off in front of trailer where they go horizontally through front body and in to frame of trailer. welds missing from front fork of trailer. fork welded on one side only. horizontal movement o…”
2017-10-15 · Unknown Or Other“the 19' foot travel trailer has separation of the inside wall at floor and dinette bench from the frame.…”
2017-04-10 · Suspension“after numerous phone calls and emails to get lazy days in colorado to complete required and agreed upon recall work done on my camper, they continue to fail to do so. they use stall tactics to discourage me from getting the work done. my camper has been sitting on their lot for 4 weeks now and they still have not ordered parts. this has been g…”
2016-05-09 · Unknown Or Other“nhtsa recall number:15v553 i took my camper in for window recall work it sat from jan till mid april and waited for the windows to come in to be replaced and i was told they all were replaced. the camper was parked and i when i opened the windows to let some fresh air in the camper the top window glass pulled loose from its aluminum hinge and w…”
2016-05-01 · Structure:body“trailer entry door becomes jammed and is not able to be opened from the inside of the trailer. this happened on several occasions. this poses a serious safety risk for anyone that might be trapped inside the trailer.…”
2016-05-01 · Structure:body“this trailer was missing support/bracing for the front end. this issue has been linked to collapsing of the front end of the trailer. after being "fixed" there is daylight coming through the front end of the trailer. the two wall pieces are also pulling apart. i have received no response from email to forest river or the dealer/repair shop asking t…”
2016-04-11 · Structure:body“the front end of my shasta is sagging and buckling due to being structurally compromised. it has been repaired by the dealer 3 times. i was told by the service department that it had broken lag bolts and/or did not have enough lag bolts. the front panel is leaning on and touching the propane tank. i am concerned about the possibility of a leak or e…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.