2023 Coachmen Chaparral problems, complaints & recalls
Safety recalls (1)
Equipment 2023-04-13 · campaign 23V262000 · 2,616 vehicles
Defect: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Forester 2401BSD, FR3 F3A32DSF, Georgetown GTA36K7, 2022-2023 East to West Entrada, 2023 East to West Alta, Coachmen Apex, Brookstone, Chaparral and Chaparral Lite, Forest River Crusader, Sanibel, Shasta Phoenix, Coachmen Spirit, and East to West Tandara vehicles. The solar panel mounting hardware may become loose and pull through the slot in the panel.
Risk: Loose hardware can cause the solar panels to detach from the vehicle during transit, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will install additional hardware to the existing panel and install a secondary holding bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2023. Owners may contact East to West Alta, Entrada and Tandara customer service at 1-574-264-6664; Coachmen Apex and Spirit customer service at 1-574-825-8205; Coachmen Brookstone, Chaparral, Chaparral Lite, and Shasta Phoenix customer service at 1-574-825-7101; Crusader and Sanibel customer service at 1-574-862-1025; and Georget
Service bulletins (3)
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.
Unknown Or Other 2025-06-25 · 511950 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this is a product service bulletin from global link concerning counterfeit keys for entry doors being sold on certain websites. forest river is reporting as we are sharing with the dealer body.
Equipment:appliance:refrigerator 2023-09-21 · 511680 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
according to a furrion tsb "tb-220919": irregular cooling performance has been reported on the identified refrigerators. the refrigerator compressor has been found to stop working and requires a ãâ¢ãâãâhard resetãâ¢ãâãâ by disconnecting power to reset cooling operation. on occasion, discon
Electrical System 2023-07-19 · 1101655 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
the installed energy management switch may have been set to the "short delay" option of the switch. this may cause a nuisance 110v breaker trip. there is an option on the energy management switch to set "long delay", which should alleviate a nuisance of the 110v breaker tripping.
What owners report
No detailed complaint narratives on file.
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.