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2022 Forest River Shockwave 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 9, 2024
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 Jul 9, 2024

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2022 Forest River Shockwave. 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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Suspension
Filed Jul 9, 2024

On [XXX], while traveling NB on [XXX], my 2022 Forest River Shockwave (purchased new in July 2022), suffered a catastrophic suspension failure on the driver's side while hauling my son's dirt bike and a golf cart. I was able to safely get my vehicle and the toy hauler off to the shoulder. A wheel had nearly come off the trailer. After being previously torqued to spec, it still somehow loosened itself and suffered a failure, shearing off lugs. The back spring was collapsed and after getting towed to RV Country in Kelso, loose shackle bolts were found on all ends of the springs. The original company I purchased it from is no longer in business and the new company that took over the are doesn't not have my information. I have been trying to work with Forest River and Lippert (suspension manufacturer) for help, but I feel like they are trying to pass the buck. I have a $2300 bill over this matter with RV Country. The Regional Director of RV Country, Andy Jackson, indicated it is possible the loose shackle bolts shook enough to loosen the wheel and cause the leaf spring failure. Parts were shipped out to Lippert for inspection, and they claim to have tested the brake drum for defects (not the loose shackle bolts) and denied the claim, I after I was assured by Forest River, it would be taken care of. This may be a problem bigger than just my trailer. If that wheel would have come off and injured or worse killed someone over a manufacturing issue, I would have been devastated. My [XXX] son was with me and this traumatized the both of us knowing what happened. There is nothing in the owner's manual that indicates the owner should inspect/tighten shackle bolts on the leaf springs before each trip. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
11600661
Incident
May 26, 2024

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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