2025 Forest River Georgetown problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer (1)
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Safety recalls (1)
Equipment:appliance:air Conditioner 2024-11-08 · campaign 24V771000 · 2,783 vehicles
Defect: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Ahara, Entrada, 2022-2025 FR3, Georgetown, 2021-2023 Dynamax Isata, 2021-2025 Encore, Mirada, Pursuit, 2025 Sportscoach, V-Cruise, V-Sport, V-Tour, 2023 Sunseeker, and 2024-2025 V-RV motorhomes, equipped with General Electric air conditioners with a soft start device with part number ICM870-16A-BH5400. The air conditioner soft start device may fail and overheat.
Risk: An air conditioner soft start device that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
Fix: Dealers will replace the soft start, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 1, 2025. Owners may contact Encore, Mirada, Pursuit and Sportscoach customer service at 1-574-825-8212, Isata customer service at 574-262-3474, Georgetown, FR3, and Sunseeker customer service at 574-206-7600, Ahara and Entrada customer service at 574-264-6664, and V-Cruise, V-RV, V-Sport, and V-Tour customer service at 574-617-6408. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1839.
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 2026-02-13 · 512028 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
according to ford recall 26v025: "the stop lamp switch that controls your vehicle's brake lights may have been installed incorrectly, which could lead to potential damage to the switch. a damaged stop lamp switch may cause exterior brake lamps not to illuminate when the brake pedal is pressed, or to
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.
Electrical System 2024-11-11 · 511864 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
generic cover page, contact information and repair code allowance to install an air conditioner soft start component.
What owners report
2026-08-03 · Unknown Or Other“catastrophic failure of the lippert hitch - this is the second hitch issue - last fall the c channel failed causing the hitch to bottom out. forest river had this fixed through motor home specialists in alvarado tx.…”
2025-05-01 · Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer · 1,200 mi“the contact owns a 2023 ford f-53. the contact stated while the vehicle was parked, there was grey smoke coming from the a/c unit, and the a/c unit was inoperative. no warning light was illuminated. the vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the a/c unit needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was no…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.