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2004 Forest River Sunseeker 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 Nov 29, 2006
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 Nov 9, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2004 Forest River Sunseeker. 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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Fuel system
Filed Nov 29, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE RPM'S SLOWED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO HESITATE THEN STALL, SOUNDING AS THOUGH THERE WAS A VAPOR LOCK. THE ENGINE STARTED AFTER 20-30 MINUTES. THE STALLING HAPPENED ON 7 OCCASIONS ON DIFFERENT ROAD CONDITIONS, NO MATTER THE FUEL LEVEL, ALTHOUGH MOSTLY WITHIN 10 MILES AFTER BEING FILLED UP. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP AND A FUEL SENSOR ON THREE SEPARATE VISITS, WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED.

NHTSA ID
10174697
Incident
Oct 29, 2006
Mileage
8,414 mi
Filed Nov 9, 2004

RE DEFECTIVE 2004 CLASS C MOTORHOME MANUFACTURED BY FOREST RIVER, REQUEST A DEFECT INVESTIGATION DUE TO HEAT FROM ENGINE IN THE FLOOR BOARDS AND INTERIOR WHILE DRIVING. BF THE HEAT RISING UP HAS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO BECOME DROWSY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER TURNED ON THE A/C WHICH HELPS BUT THE AIR DOES NOT BLOW ON THE FLOOR. *NM

NHTSA ID
10099745
Incident
Oct 20, 2004

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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