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Forest River Shockwave

Every Forest River Shockwave model year on file, 2012 to 2024. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years40 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112012 to 2024
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins6Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 25% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.751201220132014201520161201820192021202220232024
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Equipment leads the Forest River Shockwave complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Equipment
2
Engine and cooling
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Forest River Shockwave 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 Shockwave by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2024Not decoded0NoneNone102
2023Not decoded0NoneNone101
2022Trailer10.0100301
2021Not decoded0NoneNone100
2019Trailer10.050001
2018Trailer10.0100001
2016Not decoded10.0100300
2015Not decoded0NoneNone100
2014Not decoded0NoneNone100
2013Not decoded0NoneNone100
2012Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Forest River Shockwave

  • 24V-272 Apr 17, 2024
    LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat
    Equipment · 4,480 vehicles
  • 23V-739 Nov 3, 2023
    Wire routed from the 50AMP inlet to the transfer switch in the distribution panel is the incorrect gauge, which may cause the wire to melt
    Electrical system · 24 vehicles
  • 22V-556 Jul 29, 2022
    Electric retractable awning has a welded seam on the fabric that may separate, potentially allowing the awning to drop beyond normal operation
    Equipment · 49k vehicles
  • 22V-243 Apr 13, 2022
    Quick disconnect fittings in the LP gas system may be cracked, causing a gas leak
    Equipment · 99k vehicles
  • 15V-831 Dec 10, 2015
    Affected vehicles were mistakenly not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector to warn occupants of elevated levels of carbon monoxide
    Equipment · 721 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
  • 15V-359 Jun 9, 2015
    In the affected trailers, the studs that are used to attach the wheels to the axle hubs may break
    Suspension · 1,497 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.