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Forest River Charleston

Every Forest River Charleston model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2025
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins10Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.751201520161201720182025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Steering leads the Forest River Charleston complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Forest River Charleston model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Forest River Charleston by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone001
2018Not decoded0NoneNone503
2017Not decoded0NoneNone503
2016Other10.0100502
2015Not decoded0NoneNone501
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Forest River Charleston

  • 20V-488 Aug 18, 2020
    Rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the rear marker lights, brake…
    Lighting · 1,547 vehicles
  • 18V-768 Oct 31, 2018
    Motorized windshield roller shade at the driver's seating position may unroll without warning while driving
    Visibility and wipers · 4,790 vehicles
  • 18V-737 Oct 19, 2018
    Rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the rear marker lights, brake…
    Lighting · 1,017 vehicles
  • 18V-179 Mar 19, 2018
    Power steering hose on the affected vehicles may be routed incorrectly, and, as a result, the hose may rub against the power stud on the starter…
    Steering · 416 vehicles
  • 17V-756 Nov 22, 2017
    These extinguishers may become clogged, preventing the extinguisher from discharging as expected or excessive force may be needed to activate the…
    Equipment · 366k vehicles
  • 17V-059 Jan 26, 2017
    In these vehicles, the power steering hose may be improperly routed causing inadequate clearance between the hose and power stud
    Steering · 67 vehicles
  • 16V-472 Jun 28, 2016
    Throttle pedal position sensor on the affected vehicles may not return to zero, causing the engine brake to suddenly not activate as expected,…
    Speed control · 138 vehicles
  • 16V-330 May 20, 2016
    On certain motorhome chassis built with a heavier, adjustable foot pedal, the brake activation signal to certain towed devices may not deactivate…
    Brakes · 147 vehicles
  • 15V-771 Nov 19, 2015
    Affected water heaters have a water and gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap
    Equipment · 489 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.