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2019 Forest River Puma 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 Jul 1, 2022
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 Dec 12, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2019 Forest River Puma. 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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Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 1, 2022

The contact owns a 2019 Forest River Puma equipped with Lionshead Tires, Tire Line: Castle Rock ST, Tire Size: ST225/75/R15, DOT Number: JUL1MX3318. The contact stated that the rear driver’s side tire experienced a blowout while the vehicle was stationary. The following day, the front passenger’s side tire experienced the same failure. The contact stated that the thread had blown out exposing the steel belts on both tires. Upon inspection of the other tires, the contact noticed that the tread on the passenger’s side rear tire were misaligned. The contact feared a third blowout was imminent. The contact had all the tires and the spare tire replaced. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000.

NHTSA ID
11471985
Incident
Jun 18, 2022
Mileage
6,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed May 21, 2021

I check air pressure before every trip, tires were at 80PSI, driving on interstate between 60-65MPG outside temperature was between 75-80F about 50 miles into trip I heard something and heard a vibrating noise I thought of a flat so I checked my truck display and truck tires were good. I pulled of next exit which was less than a 1/2 mile I got to a safe spot and did a visual and driver side rear travel trailer tire had tread separation, I went about 1 mile to a shopping center parking lot to change the tire and tread was impaled into the travel trailer floor causing damage to electrical converter and put a hole in the slide out. This is the start of the 3rd year camping with this travel trailer we average about 10 trips a year with a total mileage between 1000-1200 total

NHTSA ID
11417994
Incident
May 18, 2021
Engine
Filed May 20, 2021

Engine would not go faster than 20 mph going up hill in NC. Engine would down ship but no power. Ithadtobe towed

NHTSA ID
11417883
Incident
May 10, 2021
Other / unspecified
Filed Jan 22, 2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2019 FORREST RIVER PUMA RV CAMPER. EQUIPPED WITH CASTLE ROCK TIRES, TIRE LINE: NOT AVAILABLE AND TIRE SIZE ST 205/75/RAE/ LOAD RANGE D. MANUFACTURE DATE 9/1/2/18. THE CONTACT STATED HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH FOUR NEW TIRES TWO YEARS AGO, AND RECENTLY THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET NEW TIRE FOR HIS SPARE AND WHEN THE DEALER INSPECTED HIS VEHICLE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO THREAD SEPARATING. THE TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON TIRE WAS 5,000.*DAD CONSUMER STATED 2 OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT BEFORE MECHANIC INSPECTING THE OTHER 2.*JB

NHTSA ID
11389444
Incident
Oct 1, 2019
Mileage
10,000 mi
Body & structureElectrical
Filed Dec 12, 2019

2019 PUMA PALAMINO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POOR WIRING JOB. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE INSULATION ON THE WIRING FROM THE 50AMP FEED TO THE INVERTER CHAFFED AND SHORTED OUT. THE CAMPER BECAME TOTALLY INOPERABLE AND WAS UNABLE TO BE TOWED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE WIRES THAT CONNECTED THE FRONT STABILIZER LEGSMOTOR TO THE SWITCH WERE LOOSE AND HANGING. THE DOME TRIM OVER THE SHOWER WAS CRACKED. THE DUCT WORK FOR THE HEAT BROKE. THE HINGES ON THE GLASS STOVE TOP BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *JS *DT CONSUMER STATED AWNING MOTOR QUIT IN 4 MONTHS... FROZE UP. I WAS ABLE TO GET A NEW ONE SENT TO ME BY MID STATE, AND HAVE INSTALLED BY A GOOD RV TECHNICIAN. *JB

NHTSA ID
11286235
Incident
Dec 12, 2019

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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