Model year

2019 Forest River Sabre

Trailer, Not Applicable, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Aug 17, 2020 to Sep 7, 2020.

Recalls (2)Complaints (2)Investigations (0)Bulletins (0)

Recall campaigns covering this model year282 vehicles or units across those campaigns

Owner complaints2Close to the median 2019 trailer

Severity index50.02019 trailers average 7.7

First 24 months1Complaints in its first two years

Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2019 Forest River Sabre peaked in 2020, with 2 filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.

Components

50% of complaints about the 2019 Forest River Sabre name equipment

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

Equipment

Tires

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.

Recalls

2 recall campaigns cover the 2019 Forest River Sabre

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Recall campaigns for the 2019 Forest River Sabre
Campaign	Filed	Subject	Component	Vehicles	Remedy
19V-669	Sep 20, 2019	Rotating pin box may come into contact with the 7-way junction box/wiring and cause an electrical short circuit	Electrical system	78	Repair or modification
19V-151	Mar 1, 2019	Federal Placard may incorrectly state that the trailer has 6,000 lb. capacity axles when the trailer actually has 5,200 lb. capacity axles	Equipment	4	Part replacement

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.

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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2019 Forest River Sabre

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

2 complaints on file, page 1 of 1.

Filed Sep 7, 2020Failure Aug 24, 20203,000 milesDenison, TXTires, Unknown or other
MORNING OF 8/24, CHECKED AIR PRESSURE IN ALL TIRES. ALL WERE BETWEEN 78-80PSI. THAT AFTERNOON AROUND 4:00 O'CLOCK P.M. WE HAD A BLOWOUT ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. WE WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH. WAS ABLE TO GET OFF OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 40, WE WERE JUST SOUTH OF STATESBORO, NC.
NHTSA complaint 11353528
Filed Aug 17, 2020Failure Aug 17, 2020Denver, COService connectionFire
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FOREST RIVER FIFTH WHEEL SABRE. THE CONTACT AWOKE WHILE SLEEPING IN THE VEHICLE TO A STRONG BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE CONTACT COULD NOT INITIALLY FIND THE SOURCE AND OPENED THE RV WINDOW AND THE ROOM FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CONTACT WENT OUTSIDE AND TURNED THE PROPANE GAS TANK TO THE RV OFF. SHE THEN HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND IN THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT RIGHT BY THE RV ENTRANCE. THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE WALL OF THE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT UNPLUGGED THE RV MAIN ELECTRICAL 50 AMP POWER CORD AS PRECAUTION. THE POPPING NOISE STOPPED. A SECOND STORAGE COMPARTMENT LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE SLEEPING QUARTERS WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. THE CONTACT CHECKED ALL OF THE WIRES AND SYSTEMS AND FOUND NO SOURCE OF THE SMOKING AND BURNING ISSUE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CALLED YET.
NHTSA complaint 11349772

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.

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Service bulletins

No manufacturer communications on file

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.

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