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1999 Forest River Cardinal Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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.
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Latest Sep 16, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 27, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Forest River Cardinal. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–2 of 2

Filed Sep 16, 2009
Fire reported

1999 FOREST RIVER CARDINAL FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BEING PULLED ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE BY A 2001 GMC SIERRA. *KB THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FIRE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0577-89

NHTSA ID
10284351
Incident
Aug 4, 2009
Other / unspecified
Filed May 27, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FOREST RIVER CAMPER WITH A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR (MODEL NUMBER IS RM2852). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR LEAKED. SHE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR THE DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #08E032000) HOWEVER; THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER PROVIDING RECALL REPAIRS. UPDATED 07/08/08. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE REFRIGERATOR WAS LEAKING A YELLOW LIQUID WHEN IT WAS TURNED ON AND IT DID NOT GET COLD.

NHTSA ID
10228945
Incident
May 23, 2008

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.

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