2014 Forest River Legacy Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2014 Forest River Legacy, 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%
- Interior & seats150.0%
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.
From owner reports, verbatim
THE DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM BREAKS CAUSING A LOCK-IN/LOCK-OUT SITUATION. THERE ARE MANY RECENT REPORTS FROM RV OWNERS THAT THIS IS OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND THE REPLACEMENTS ARE BREAKING AS WELL. THE INTERNAL RETRACTION MECHANISM BREAKS PREVENTING THE LATCH TO RETRACT. THE SPECIFIC MODEL IS FROM RV DESIGNER (TRIMARK) MODEL# T507. THERE IS ONLY ONE DOOR ON THIS MODEL RV AND AN EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EXIT FROM THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MY WIFE WAS STUCK IN THE VEHICLE AND I WAS STUCK OUTSIDE. I CRAWLED INTO THE EMERGENCY EXIT AND HAD TO TAKE THE DOOR APART TO GET OUT. HERE IS A LINK TO A FORUM WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.FORESTRIVERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F16/ENTRY-DOOR-LOCK-FAILURE-SAFTEY-115473.HTML#POST1287061 AND HTTP://WWW.FORESTRIVERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F228/ENTRY-DOOR-STUCK-SHUT-ON-FORESTER-114357.HTML
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Interior & seats
Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings.
From owner reports, verbatim
THE DOOR HANDLE MECHANISM BREAKS CAUSING A LOCK-IN/LOCK-OUT SITUATION. THERE ARE MANY RECENT REPORTS FROM RV OWNERS THAT THIS IS OCCURRING FREQUENTLY AND THE REPLACEMENTS ARE BREAKING AS WELL. THE INTERNAL RETRACTION MECHANISM BREAKS PREVENTING THE LATCH TO RETRACT. THE SPECIFIC MODEL IS FROM RV DESIGNER (TRIMARK) MODEL# T507. THERE IS ONLY ONE DOOR ON THIS MODEL RV AND AN EMERGENCY WINDOW EXIT. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR EXIT FROM THE VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. MY WIFE WAS STUCK IN THE VEHICLE AND I WAS STUCK OUTSIDE. I CRAWLED INTO THE EMERGENCY EXIT AND HAD TO TAKE THE DOOR APART TO GET OUT. HERE IS A LINK TO A FORUM WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.FORESTRIVERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F16/ENTRY-DOOR-LOCK-FAILURE-SAFTEY-115473.HTML#POST1287061 AND HTTP://WWW.FORESTRIVERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/F228/ENTRY-DOOR-STUCK-SHUT-ON-FORESTER-114357.HTML
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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