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2017 Forest River Sanibel 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 Sep 14, 2018
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 Jun 7, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2017 Forest River Sanibel. 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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Other / unspecifiedTires & wheels
Filed Sep 14, 2018

GOOD YEAR MARATHON ST235/80R16LRE. ON 4 SEPTEMBER 2018 WHILE RETURNING FROM A LABOR DAY TRIP, LEFT REAR AXLE GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE BLEW OUT. AT THE TIME WE WERE TRAVELLING EAST ON I-10. THE BLOWOUT HAPPENED AT MILE MARKER 327. HAPPENED AT APPROX. 11:15 AM. WEATHER WAS WARM WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS. PAVEMENT AT LOCATION WAS DRY. AFTER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO PUT MY SPARE ON, CONTINUED ON I-10, APPROX. 4 MILES (MM 331) WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE REAR AXLE GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. SAME ROAD CONDITIONS. TIRES HAVE APPROX. 2000 MILES ON THEM. PURCHASE 5TH WHEEL JANUARY 2017. 7 TRIPS WITHIN STATE OF FLORIDA

NHTSA ID
11129471
Incident
Sep 4, 2018
Mileage
2,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Jun 7, 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 (NA) FOREST RIVER SANIBEL CAMPER EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRES, SIZE: ST235/80/R16 (NA). WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING AREA AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE INNER TREAD SEPARATED ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE TIRE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAMPER OVER AND REPLACE THE TIRE. THE VIN, VEHICLE, AND TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10993698
Incident
Jun 2, 2017

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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