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Cardinal Recalls, Complaints & Safety Data

NHTSA safety recalls, owner-reported complaints and investigations, by model and model year · 1972–2016

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received. This total counts a complaint once for each Cardinal model year it names.
8
Safety recallsDistinct NHTSA recall campaigns covering at least one Cardinal model year. One campaign can cover several models and many model years; it is counted once here.
2
InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
1
Models coveredModels with at least one model year that has enough NHTSA data to publish.
2
4 model years

Overview

Our database holds 8 NHTSA owner-reported complaints filed against Cardinal vehicles. Our database also holds 2 safety recall campaigns and 1 NHTSA investigation covering at least one Cardinal model year.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Cardinal models

Ordered by total owner-reported complaint volume, which is not a ranking of quality

Cardinal models with published safety data
ModelModel yearsComplaintsRecalls
Cardinal1972–198881
CAF3825FL201601

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers. Complaint totals count a report once for each model year it names; recall totals count a campaign once per model.

Recently issued recalls

The 2 newest campaigns covering a Cardinal vehicle in our database

Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.

Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov
15V203000CAF3825FL

EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILERForest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015 Georgetown GT335, FR3 FR30, Pursuit 31BD, and 29SB, and 2016 Cardinal CAF3825FL and Tracer TRT270AIR and TRT3200BHT fifth wheel and travel trailers. In the affected vehicles, the screws that attach the expanding room to the sliding mechanism cable may fail allowing the room to extend unintentionally while the vehicle is in motion.

Browse by model year

Every year with at least one publishable Cardinal model year

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .