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2014 Forest River Freedom Express 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 Oct 15, 2020
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 Nov 13, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2014 Forest River Freedom Express. 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

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Suspension
Filed Oct 15, 2020

WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY LEFT REAR WHEEL FELL OVER AND REAR SUSPENTION SHACKEL RIPPED OUT OF FRAME HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE TEMP WELD IT TO GET IT OUT OF ROAD

NHTSA ID
11364451
Incident
Oct 13, 2020
Suspension
Filed Nov 13, 2017

PASSENGER SIDE SPRING HANGAR ON REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE BEING TOWED ALLOWING LEAF SPRING TO SHIFT TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND ALLOWING PASSENGER REAR TIRE TO CONTACT THE BODY AND FRAME. TIRE RUBBED TO THE POINT OF FAILURE AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT AND ALLOWED THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE TO PIVOT UP INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON LEVEL, PAVED US HIGHWAY. WHEN THE HANGAR BROKE IT ALLOWED BOTH AXLES TO TWIST UNDER THE TRAILER AND PIVOT TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. ALL 5 OF THE REMAINING SPRING HANGARS ARE TWISTED AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. THE AXLES, SPRINGS, EQUALIZERS AND SHACKLES WERE STRESSED TO THE POINT THEY WERE TWISTED UNDER THE TRAILER AND WILL NEED REPLACEMENT BEFORE THE TRAILER IS ROAD WORTHY AGAIN. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AS NHTSA 14E052000 14V689000 THIS FAILURE MAY ALSO BE RELATED TO NHTSA 17V611000

NHTSA ID
11045580
Incident
Oct 6, 2017
Mileage
10,000 mi

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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