2015 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 2015 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
- Seat belts2100.0%
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
Seat belts
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners.
From owner reports, verbatim
REF# 10670754 01/07/15 NVS-216RR DEALER (MHSRV) NOTIFIED IN PERSON, BY PHONE & IN WRITING (EMAIL) MFG FOREST RIVER CONTACTED BY PHONE - MIKE BUKOWSKI 10/16/14 TEST DRIVE: MHSRV ASSURES SEATBELTS CHECKED @ MAKE READY. 10/17/14 PURCHASED MOTORHOME. SEATBELTS NOT FIXED. MHSRV SAID TAKE ON TRIP, WRITE LIST OF REPAIRS, BRING BACK IN FOR REPAIRS MADE ALL AT ONCE. 12/04/2014 RETURNED TO MHSRV FOR REPAIR. SVC ADVISOR SAID MHSRV AWARE OF SEATBELT ISSUE, IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION BY ANOTHER CUSTOMER. 01/21/2015 "REPLY EMAIL' FROM MHSRV WITH DESCRIPTION OF SEATBELT ISSUE: 'D/S & P/S SHOULDER STRAPS DO NOT FULLY RETRACT, SLACK @ FLOOR SHOULDER STRAPS LOOSE AT SHOULDER, NOT PROPERLY POSITIONED AT SHOULDER AREA OF SEAT SHOULDER STRAPS LOOSE @ CHEST STRAPS DO NOT CROSSOVER SHOULDER AND DOWNWARD @ TORSO ' MALE OR FEMALE BODY FRAME SHOULDER STRAPS NOT SAFELY POSITIONED TO HOLD FRONT DRIVER/PASSENGER STATIONARY DURING IMPACT IF ACCIDENT OCCURRED - IMPACT WOULD ALLOW DRIVER/PASSENGER TO BE LOOSELY THROWN AROUND WHILE BUCKLED. POTENTIAL INJURIES: WHIPLASH ' CERVICAL/THORACIC/LUMBAR INJURY SIDE TO SIDE IMPACT ABSORPTION ' HEAD, NECK, SPINAL COLUMN INJURY, ORGAN DAMAGE SHOULDER STRAPS RESTING/TIGHTENING AT STOMACH/PELVIC AREA CAUSES INJURY TO ORGANS/RIBS LOOSE/MISPLACED SHOULDER STRAPS ARE INEFFECTIVE; LAP BELT INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION LOOSE STRAPS WILL CAUSE FORWARD/UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF PASSENGERS TOWARD WINDSHIELD' 09/08/2015 SVC ADVISOR EMAIL: 'RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO RAISE THE SEATBELT HEIGHTS.' 10/08/2015 SVC ADVISOR EMAIL CONFIRMED: '28) SEATBELTS- FOREST RIVER IS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFELY ALTERING THEM AND IS SAYING THEY AREN'T REALLY WILLING TO DO THAT. WE WILL BE SENDING PICTURES OF HOW THEY COME ACROSS SOMEONE. WE DID MEASURE OTHER LEGACY MOTOR HOMES WE HAVE ON OUR LOT AND THEIR SEATBELT MOUNTS ARE AT THE SAME HEIGHT.
TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FOREST RIVER LEGACY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT CAPTAIN'S SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,283. DJR
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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