Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data
Data refreshed
Our database contains 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Forest River Cardinal, most frequently naming the electrical and tires & wheels categories.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
When owners filed reports about this model year
Not enough dated records to plot a meaningful trend — 1 month of data.
Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
No recalls in our database for this model year
That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.
Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words
WHILE DRIVING WEST BETWEEN OMAHA NE AND VANCOUVER WA I HAD TWO TIRE FAILURES. THE FIRST REQUIRED PURCHASING A NEW TIRE OF A DIFFERENT BRAND. DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE SECOND FAILURE IS ESTIMATED AT $3,400 WITH MORE POSSIBLE. AND THE PURCHASE OF 4 REPLACEMENTS AS AKURET IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE I WAS TRAVELING. *TR
Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model
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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.