2013 Forest River Blue Ridge
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
3 recalls name the 2013 Forest River Blue Ridge. Newest first.
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River Blue Ridge, 2014-2019 Forest River Cardinal, 2014-2020 Forest River Cedar Creek, 2014-2021 Forest River Georgetown, 2019 Forest…
Risk and remedy
Risk
Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1380.
Forest River Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Georgetown, Sunseeker, Forester, Cross Country, Pathfinder, Cardinal, Blue Ridge, Cedar Creek, and Brookstone recreational vehicles manufactured March 11, 2013, through April 26, 2013 and equipped with certain Frigidaire Convection Microwave models CFMV152CLB and CFMV154CLS. The…
Risk and remedy
Risk
If the microwave starts on its own and there are contents inside, a fire could result.
Remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will repair the membrane/keypad component, free of charge. The recall began in February 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-353-7383.
Forest River is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Forest River models Blue Ridge, Cardinal, Cherokee, Columbus, EVO, Georgetown, Flagstaff, Forester, Lexington, Puma, Rockwood, Sabre, Salem, Sandpiper, Sandstorm, Sierra, Stealth, Sunseeker, Wildcat, Wildwood, Work and Play and XLR; Coachmen models Brookstone, Catalina, Chaparral, Concord, Encounter…
Risk and remedy
Risk
If the motor assembly screws shear, it is possible that the awning can unfurl unexpectedly, either while the vehicle is at rest or while in transit, increasing the risk of personal injury or a vehicle crash.
Remedy
Forest River will notify owners and Dometic staff will replace the affected motors with motors of a different design. The safety recall began on July 29, 2013. Owners may contact Forest River at 1-574-389-4600 or Dometic at 1-888-447-0003 for more information. Owners are being instructed not to drive their vehicle until repairs can be performed.
Owner complaints
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Latest complaints
- Structure › Body · Tires · Wheels
Marathon tires forest river 5TH wheel. this IS the second report and will talk about 2 more tires blowing on the same day within an hour of each other. Tires checked for tire pressure before going on road. This was a 2 lane road heavily traveled. Going downhill at safe speed for weather…
Marathon tires forest river 5TH wheel. this IS the second report and will talk about 2 more tires blowing on the same day within an hour of each other. Tires checked for tire pressure before going on road. This was a 2 lane road heavily traveled. Going downhill at safe speed for weather conditions. We were going into a curve and a big explosion of tire and side of our rv head into the woods. Luck would have it there was a turn out just 75 feet from us. This first one took the fender off. the second blow out took place on 4 lane hwy that IS heavily traveled. This time our family member behind see the tire blow and we pull over...unfortunately we are out of spares. we replace all tires with a different brand from a local brand who helped get us out of danger. terrible tires and goodyear blames us.
- Structure › Body · Tires · Wheels
Marathon tires on blue ridge 5TH wheel. Tire blew on 4 lane hwy. Travel speed was aprox 45 mph. Tire were maintained at proper air pressure and checked before starting travel. No unusual road conditions were observed. No debris was noticed on the highly traveled road. This happened at 11:00 am, temp was mild with no adverse weather conditions. ## vin failed ## forest river blue ridge 2013 ##
- Structure › Body · Tires
While coming home from trip tire blew out on katy fwy pulled over to ntb dealer replaced tire checked inter net many many rvs esp 5TH wheels have the problem who IS going to pay for all 5 dangerous tires to be replaced and repaire the damage on the rv . the rv IS brand new ,original tires on it first trip. *tr
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