2000 Forest River Wildwood
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
1 recall names the 2000 Forest River Wildwood. Newest first.
Certain recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) IS present.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Remedy
Forest river will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. dometic has retained stericycle inc. To manage this campaign. stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600,
Owner complaints
3 complaints
Latest complaints
- Tires › Sidewall
While towing the 2000 camper in august 2006 a carlisle tire st175/80r13 which came with the trailer had no noticeable tread wear or sidewall blemishes and was properly inflate blew out and tore through the wheel well. I replaced it with the spare being used for the first time only to have that also blow out on july 9 2007. I replaced these tires with another brand and repaired the wheel well. *ak
- Tires › Tread/belt
On four different occasions all four of the tire tread separated. Consumer managed to pull over to change the tire. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. Carli, 20575/r15.*ak
- Tires › Tread/belt
While driving, consumer experienced tire blow outs on five separate occasions, all four tires were shredded completely, except the back left tire which contained a bubble, the tires also caused damage to rv, consumer IS requesting assistance and answers as to why all five tires failed in a matter of days.(dunlop tires)*jb
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Road wheel & tire failures
The subject trailers are fitted with a large decal instructing owners to notify the wheel & tire manufacturer in case of problems or failures of wheels or tires.this action IS to be taken in lieu of contacting the manufacturer of the trailers.the tire and wheel manufacturer, calisle wheel & tire in this case, has…
The subject trailers are fitted with a large decal instructing owners to notify the wheel & tire manufacturer in case of problems or failures of wheels or tires.this action IS to be taken in lieu of contacting the manufacturer of the trailers.the tire and wheel manufacturer, calisle wheel & tire in this case, has agreed to this arrangement and further agreed to handleall tire and wheel problems.the manufacturer of the subject trailer instructs anyone contacting them with wheel/tire problems to contact carisle.according to forest river, carisle has also made this arrangement with several other trailer manufacturers.in order to discover the total number of complaints involving forest river and any additional manufacturers that also use carisle wheels and tires, this investigation IS being closed and an investigation into carisle wheel & tire will be initiated.
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.
- 10178433This is a document that describes how to take the required photos to assess the slideroom mechanism for adjustment and function.
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