2003 Forest River Rockwood 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 2003 Forest River Rockwood, 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
- Tires & wheels981.8%
- Other / unspecified218.2%
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
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
TRAVEL TRAILER TIRES BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. *NM
CARLISLE TIRE ON 2003 ROCKWOOD TRAVEL TRAILER HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY. RUBBER CAME OFF OF TIRE AND STRUCK SIDE OF TRAILER LEAVING BLACK MARKS. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. CARLISLE WILL NOT REPLACE AS WE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER. WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE CARLISLE TIRES MADE FROM 2002-2004. COST TO REPLACE TIRE IS $100. WE STILL HAVE OLD TIRE. *NM
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE REFRIGERATOR REPAIRED. A TECHNICIAN INSTALLED A STEEL COVERING FOR FREE TO BLOCK A POTENTIAL FIRE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK ON THE BOILER TUBE; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 06/25/08 *BF
WE HAVE BLOWN TO TRAILER TIRES IN LESS THAT 3000 MILES OF USE ON A NEW TRAILER. I BEEN CHECKING THE WEIGHTS FOR THE TIRES AND FEEL THEY ARE NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THE TRAILER. FOREST RIVER WILL NOT WARRANTY THEM. THEY SAY IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARLISLE (THE TIRE MFG.). CARLISLE SAYS THE TIRES ARE TOO SMALL AND THEY DO NOT CONTROL WHAT FOREST RIVERS PUTS THEM ON SO THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THEM EITHER. ON 6/23, I TALKED WITH AN ENGINEER AT FOREST RIVER AND HE ALSO AGREED THAT THE TIRES WERE TOO SMALL FOR MY TRAILER. HE REVIEWED WITH THE VP OF ENGINEERING AT FOREST RIVER AND CALLED BACK TO TELL ME THAT THEY ARE NOW PUTTING A HEAVIER TIRE ON THIS MODEL TRAILER. THEY STILL REFUSE TO REPLACE OUR TIRES WITH THE HEAVIER TIRE. DAVID COLEMAN HAS PICTURES OF THE BLOWN TIRE AND TRAILER WEIGHTS.*AK
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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