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2009 Forest River Cedar Creek Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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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.
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Latest Apr 12, 2012
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Forest River Cedar Creek, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Body & structure150.0%
  • Suspension150.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Body & structure

Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

OUR UNIT HAD CRACKS IN THE GEL COAT, UPON REMOVING THE NOSE CAP WE FOUND THAT THE WELDS HAD FAILED AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE METAL IN THE ACTUAL FRAME WAS TO WEAK TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE UNIT. IT HAD TO BE SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY IN INDIANA AND WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT, WE DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND A GREAT NUMBER OF FOREST RIVER PRODUCTS THAT HAVE LIPPERT FRAMES HAVE HAD WELD AND METAL FAILURES. OUR UNIT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 4 MONTHS. HAD WE NOT FOUND THE PROBLEM WE COULD HAVE HAD THE NOSE OF THE FIFTH WHEEL COME DOWN ON OUR TRUCK AND CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID 10455035 · filed Apr 12, 2012

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Suspension

Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

I HAVE A 2009 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. I HAVE HAD TIRE PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER UNDERSIZING THE AXLES AND SPRINGS. I HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC BLOWOUT WHICH COULD EASILY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT BUT THANKFULLY THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY. I HAD ONE OF FOREST RIVER'S OWN DEALERS TELL ME THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SPRINGS BEING FLAT AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE TIRES ARE HIGHWAY TROOPER TIRES MANUFACTURED IN CHINA AND SOLD BY GREENBALL CORPORATION. WHEN SEARCHING FOR THE TIRES ONLINE, I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT MANY OF THE POSTINGS WERE ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE TIRES AT ABOUT 4000 MILES WHICH IS EXACTLY WHEN I HAD A BLOWOUT. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE FLAT SPRINGS AND THE FACT THAT FOREST RIVER USED TWO 6000 POND AXLES UNDER MY 15,000 POUND TRAILER. MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN OUR TRAILER FULL TIME TRAVELING THRUOUT THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE PUT OVER 7,000 MILES ON SINCE JULY AND I'M AFRAID THAT OUR TRAVELS COULD BE DANGEROUS BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE OUT TRAILER WHICH WE BOUGHT BRAND NEW LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. I HAVE CONTACTED JEFF JOHNSON AT FOREST RIVER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST 4 MONTHS BUT CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE COMPANY TO ACT ON ANY OF MY DOZEN WARRANTY PROBLEMS. THE DATE OF THE BLOWN OUT TIRE IS WHAT I'M USING AS THE INCIDENT DATE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INVESTIGATION OF BOTH FOREST RIVER CORPORATION FOR THE SPRING AND AXLE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS THE GREENBALL CORPORATION FOR THE DEFECTIVE TIRES THAT THEY ARE IMPORTING AND SELLING HERE IN THE US. AFTER FINISHING YOUR FORM, I FOUND THAT YOUR FORM WOULD NOT ACCEPT HIGHWAY TROOPER UNDER THE GREENBALL CORPORATION FOR THE TIRES AND THAT MY SANDPIPER WAS NOT ONE OF YOUR OPTIONS UNDER FOREST RIVER SO THE FORM IS NOT PERFECTLY ACCURATE. *LN

NHTSA ID 10378333 · filed Jan 23, 2011

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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