Model year

2018 Forest River V-Trec

Trailer, Not Applicable, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Oct 19, 2020 to Oct 19, 2020.

Recalls (0)Complaints (1)Investigations (0)Bulletins (0)

Recall campaigns covering this model year0No recall campaign lists this model year

Owner complaints1Close to the median 2018 trailer

Severity index0.02018 trailers average 5.0

First 24 months0Complaints in its first two years

Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2018 Forest River V-Trec peaked in 2020, with 1 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

100% of complaints about the 2018 Forest River V-Trec name wheels

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

Wheels

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

Recalls

No recall campaign lists the 2018 Forest River V-Trec

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Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.

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Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2018 Forest River V-Trec

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.

1 complaint on file, page 1 of 1.

Filed Oct 19, 2020Failure Jul 24, 2020Castle Rock, COWheels
ON JULY 24, 2020, WHILE DRIVING WEST ON INTERSTATE 70 COMING INTO VAIL, CO, WE WERE ALERTED BY OTHER DRIVERS OF A PROBLEM WITH OUR VEHICLE. WE DISCOVERED THAT THE 2018 FOREST RIVER V-TREC V3 POP-CAMPER WE WERE PULLING LOST THE SPARE TIRE MOUNTED TO THE REAR BUMPER OF THE CAMPER. THE SPARE TIRE MOUNT PULLED THROUGH THE BUMPER WHILE THE BRACKET STRAPS ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE BUMPER SHEERED OFF (SEE ATTACHED PHOTO). TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THE SPARE TIRE AND MOUNT FELL OFF ON I-70 WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY FAILURE THAT FOREST RIVER HAS ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED PER NHTSA DOCUMENTATION ON OTHER YEARS, MAKES, MODELS OF THEIR RVS WITH RECALLS AND REPAIRS BUT THUS FAR, FOREST RIVER MANAGEMENT IS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR TRAILER AND HAVE COMMUNICATED BY EMAIL AN UNWILLINGNESS TO OWN THE PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint 11365117

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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