2019 Forest River Vibe problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Wheels (1) · Suspension (1) · Structure:body (1)
Safety recalls (2)
Suspension:rear:axle:non-Powered Axle Assembly 2018-09-13 · campaign 18V624000 · 935 vehicles
Defect: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra, Sandpiper, XLR and Prime Time travel trailers. The axles may be missing inner bearing races on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub to overheat.
Risk: The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2018. For customer service, Catalina owners may contact Coachmen at 1-574-825-8657, Apex owners should call 1-574-358-0401, Shasta owners: 1-574-825-8717, Wildwood and Salem owners: 1-574-534-3167, Vibe owners: 1-574-296-2084, Sierra and Sandpiper owners: 1-574-534-4574, XLR owners: 1-574-642-0432, Prime Time owners: 1-574-862-1025. Fores
Electrical System:12v/24v/48v Battery 2018-08-21 · campaign 18V550000 · 5,847 vehicles
Defect: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2014-2019 Forest River Salem, Wildcat Maxx, Wildwood, Vibe, and Rainier recreational trailers. The break-away safety switch may not have been wired to a constant power source, and, as a result, the switch may be inadvertently disconnected from the trailer house battery causing the brakes to not engage if the trailer detaches from the tow vehicle.
Risk: If the trailer brakes cannot engage if the trailer detaches from tow vehicle, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
Fix: Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new wiring harness to reroute the wiring, free of charge. The recall began September 25, 2018. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-503-831-5410. Forest River's number for this recall is 22/30-0824.
Service bulletins (4)
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:recreational Vehicle/Trailer:lpg Systems:furnace 2020-02-19 · 591130 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
the furnace was installed without the duct plate, whereas the particular application requires the duct plate to be installed for proper air circulation within the recreational vehicle. the furnace may not perform as intended, resulting in nuisance furnace cycling.
Structure 2019-07-01 · 510956 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
as per lippert components; specific 8800 series windows installed in your recreational vehicle may potentially leak. the windows will be remedied by a forest river dealer.
Visibility:sun/Moon Roof Assembly 2019-04-29 · 511008 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
a limited number of outer dome skylights (v1422clod/v1422brod/v1422whod) have displayed cracks soon after installation. cracks may originate at the flange of the skylight and extend outward. this issue has been known to occur within 2 weeks of installation.
Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer 2018-09-28 · 510780 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
per the service bulletin from dometic ?dometic corporation has identified a visual cosmetic defect that has occurred on our dometic dm2652 refrigerators up in the freezer compartment. this does not occur on all units, but may be present on units with serial numbers starting with mb between 805xxxxx
What owners report
2023-10-01 · Suspension“this travel trailer is dual axle. each side has 3 couplings welded to the frame. the leaf springs bolt to these couplings. during a routine inspection on 9/30/2023, found cracks on the aft passenger side coupling. the aft welds are cracked all the way through and the front welds are cracked half way through. the coupling is pulled away from th…”
2022-11-12 · Wheels“on friday, november 11, 2022 while traveling to north carolina from ohio, our travel trailer suffered a catastrophic incident. one of the axles broke while driving on i64e, resulting in the tire coming off, damaging the body of the camper, and leaving my husband stranded several hours from home. after waiting for hours, he was not even able to find…”
2022-01-25 · Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer:lpg Systems“the propane stopped working, i had just installed new refilled tanks and was troubleshooting so i turned on the refrigerator propane and waited outside for it to light. when it tries to light there is a big whooshing noise coming from the burner. i have never heard that before when running my refrigerator off of my propane. i went to listen at t…”
2019-09-13 · Structure:body“tl* the contact owns a 2019 forest river vibe. the contact stated that the rv was leaking water from the ceiling onto the walls. the contact also stated that the shower, toilet, and exhaust pipes were also leaking. the contact took the rv to camping world tampa (located at 4811 mcintosh rd, dover, fl 33527, 1-888-851-2832) where it was diagnosed th…”
2019-03-08 · Structure“tl* the contact owns a 2019 forest river vibe. while the rv was parked with the heater activated, the carbon monoxide alarm sounded. on a second occasion, while the contact was sleeping, he was awakened by the neighbor alerting him that the carbon monoxide alarm was sounding again. the contact noticed that the hot water heater was not attached to t…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.