The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation after receipt of Defect Petition ES15-004654.The petition alleged eleven (11) separate issues.Six (6) of the issues related to vehicle design or construction.The other five (5) related to corporate safety culture.ODI considered each issue separately during it's evaluation.An outline of the issues follows.Additional details are included in the attached Evaluation Report.Four (4) issues were addressed with recalls: Window failuresRecall 15V-553 Wheel well/Suspension/RimsRecall 15V-552 Passenger tire failures Recall 15V-369 Dinette bed failures Recall 16V-218One (1) issue was addressed with a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB). Body separation from frame.OEM TSB # 53-05112016-0191.One (1) issue, Door Lock Failures, was not considered a safety issue as NFPA Standard 1192 requires multiplemeans of egress.The remaining five (5) issues, listed below, were either directly or indirectly addressed by a Consent Order issued July 8, 2015. (1) Questionable record keeping practices on serious defects (2) Shasta & Dealer dismissing safety concerns reported by owners (3) No proactive plans to address known defects (4) Poor service management practices, owners have no support (5) Barriers [to customer feedback]This investigation is closed. The agency is actively involved with Forest Riverto improve its corporate safety culture and reserves the right to take further action if warranted.The ODI reports cited above can be reviewed at: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchNHTSAID under the following complaint identification numbers:10715617, 10716585, 10716724, 10716729, 10716759, 10716854, 10717124, 10717213, 10717214, 10717217, 10717218, 10721743, 10721784, 10721793, 10721800, 10721913, 10722087, 10722308, 10730470, 10733176, 10733186, 10734026, 10735477, 10744818, 10745868,10758568, 10758570, 10758572, 10758578, 10758579, 10758582, 10758584, 10758587, 10758591, 10758593, 10759735, 10785358, 10786649, 10786660, 10846348, 10854917
Defect petition DP15008Closed
Shasta Airflyte Safety Issues
An investigation is a step in NHTSA's review, not a finding that a defect exists. NHTSA links it to one recall campaign.
Components named
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCHSTRUCTURESUSPENSIONTIRESVISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file, action DP15008. Text as published by NHTSA.
Products
One product line is named
Make, model and model years as listed in the investigation record.
| Make | Model | Model years |
|---|---|---|
| Forest River | Shasta | 2015 |
Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.