2020 Forest River R-Pod
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
3 recalls name the 2020 Forest River R-Pod. Newest first.
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018-2020 RPOD travel trailers. The sewer termination bracket may fail, causing the plumbing to drag on the ground or to detach completely.
Risk and remedy
Risk
If the plumbing were to detach, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new securement bracket, free of charge. The recall began January 12, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-3119, option 2. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1265.
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Surveyor, NO BO, Cherokee, R. POD, Clipper, Viking, Independence, Puma and East to West trailers. The spare tire carrier U-bolts may fail allowing the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle.
Risk and remedy
Risk
If the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle while in motion, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace U-bolts, free of charge. The recall began March 20, 2020. Owners may contact Surveyor, NO BO, R. and POD customer service at 1-574-642-3119, Independence, Viking, and Clipper customer service at 1-269-467-4600, Puma customer service at -574-642-0606, East and West customer service at 1-574-264-6664 or Cherokee customer service at 1-877-426-5337. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1133.
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 R. Pod travel trailers. The wire for the refrigerator's spark igniter may have been connected to a breaker that permits a current higher than the wire can handle.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Without the proper circuit breaker protection, the wire can melt, increasing the risk of fire.
Remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will move the wire from the 30 AMP circuit to the designated 15 AMP circuit, free of charge. The recall began May 28, 2019. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-3119. Forest River's number for this recall is 80-1011.
Owner complaints
8 complaints
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Latest complaints
- Unknown or other
2020 Forest River Rpod 191. Sewer termination bracket failed and the plumbing dragged on the road. Contacted Forest River and was told our VIN was not included in the national recall for the exact same thing. Our RPod model and year is the same in the recall but apparently wasn't included in the recall.
- Unknown or other · Visibility/wiper
Front window randomly shattered while parked for a week with know known impact to trailer or window. The windshield shattered, and did not have an ANSI stamp anywhere on it.
- Structure › Body
Sagging walls on 2020 Forest River R-Pod RP-190. Walls sag to the point where the tires will contact the fender.
- Structure › Body
The glass in the front window spontaneously combusts
- Visibility/wiper
Front window of camper shattered for no reason sitting in my driveway. forest river has been unresponsive about repairing this. if we had been in the camper sleeping, the shattered glass would have went all over us, possibly into eyes and mouth. camper was parked on level ground with stabilizers…
Front window of camper shattered for no reason sitting in my driveway. forest river has been unresponsive about repairing this. if we had been in the camper sleeping, the shattered glass would have went all over us, possibly into eyes and mouth. camper was parked on level ground with stabilizers deployed. have read about other instances of this happening. window frame looks to have several screw heads that are overtightened, frame appears to be warped which may have put glass in a bind.
- Unknown or other
We were driving east on highway 50 about 65 mph.we looked in the side mirrors and saw the front window of the rpod shattered. When we noticed the window we were about 90 miles west of ely nevada. We had stopped about 30-45 minutes prior for lunch and everything was good. very limited traffic on the road. The window was completely shattered and glad was all over inside of the pod on the bed.
- Structure
Forest river r-pod. Consumer writes in regards to sewer pipe failure on trailer. *Ld the consumer stated the sewer pipe could fail while driving causing raw sewage to be released on the highway. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. *Js*dt*tr
- Electrical system · Structure › Body · Unknown or other
We bought 2020 r-pod 172 off road package travel trailer in dec of 2019 to be taken to primitive campgrounds. This IS what happened to it when we took it on a 25 mile county road in montana. It was towed at a average speed of 10 to 20 miles an hour on the trip to the campground: the refrigerator…
We bought 2020 r-pod 172 off road package travel trailer in dec of 2019 to be taken to primitive campgrounds. This IS what happened to it when we took it on a 25 mile county road in montana. It was towed at a average speed of 10 to 20 miles an hour on the trip to the campground: the refrigerator broke loose from the 4 screws holding it and slide back, luckily the propane line didn't break off, also the refrigerator had been in for warranty work in january 2020 because the refrigerator was mounted in from the factory. the exit door got stuck and we had to crawl out the emergency exit window. the circuit breaker panel fell out of the wall. the microwave broke loose from the 4 tiny screws holding it in place. the sink was just screwed up to the bottom of the counter top with three wood screws which broke the counter and fell down. the three window valances broke loose and were hanging down. the electric brake wires on the righthand hub fell out of the splices. the top cabinet above the sink would have fell down but I had built a shelf under it before we left on our excursion. everything that broke or fell off on this trip could have been eliminated if forest river would have just took a little time to evaluate their manufacturing process, but I guess they are more interested in getting them out to the dealer to sell then producing a quality product.
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 10176160The P-Trap swivel fitting may crack during normal use, potentially allowing water to leak, which may lead to premature degradation of any non-water resistant components.
- 10167730The medicine cabinet may detach from the bathroom wall during transit.
- 10167178The manufacturing plant installed a ducted air conditioner shroud inside the vehicle while the vehicle manufactured with non-ducted air conditioning and requires the non-ducted air conditioning shroud.
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