Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2016 Forest River Palomino. 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.
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FOREST RIVER PALOMINI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO LEAF SPRING FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE LEAF SPRING ON THE SINGLE AXLE TRAILER BROKE IN TWO PIECES, CAUSING THE COACH OF THE TRAILER TO FALL INTO THE WHEEL/AXLE.
I WAS PULLING MY TRAVEL TRAILER, A 2016 FOREST RIVER VIBE 315BHK, FROM GARNER STATE PARK IN CONCAN, TX TO CONROE, TX. HEADING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 90, I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT IN THE DRIVER SIDE REAR TRAILER TIRE WHICH IS LABELED AS A CASTLE ROCK ST225/75R15 LOAD RATING D TIRE. I PUT ON THE SPARE WHICH IS THE EXACT SAME CASTLE ROCK TIRE AS THE TIRE THAT HAD JUST BLOWN OUT. IT HAD NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN COVERED. THIS SPARE TIRE BLEW OUT ON I-10 IN TX JUST PAST LULING, TX AT MILE MARKER 649. AT THIS POINT, I HAD NO SPARE SO HAD TO CALL A ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE COMPANY AND PURCHASED 2 NEW TIRES, THUNDERER ST225/75R15 LOAD RATING E, TO REPLACE THE ACTIVE AND SPARE TIRES. THE FAILED TIRES HAVE NEVER EXCEEDED THE SPEED OF 65MPH, THOUGH THEY ARE RATED FOR 75MPH. I ALSO CHECK AND MAINTAIN THE PRESSURE OF 65PSI THAT IS PRINTED ON THE SIDEWALL BEFORE EVERY DEPARTURE. THE BLOWOUTS OF THE 2 TIRES HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE INSIDES OF MY TRAVEL TRAILER WHEEL WELL AND OUTER TRIM OF THE SLIDE.
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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