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2006 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 Jul 22, 2007
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 Apr 28, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2006 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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Suspension
Filed Jul 22, 2007

26DEC HAD A TIRE FAILURE ON THE ROAD. AFTER INSPECTION FOUND THE TIRE WAS WORN THROUGH THE CORD ON THE OUTSIDE 1 INCH OF THE TIRE. FURTHER, AFTER LOOKING AT THE OTHER THREE TIRES, FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM WAS OCCURRING ON THE OTHERS. CONTACTED THE RV DEALER AND THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO THE RV MANUFACTURE, FOREST RIVER. FOREST RIVER TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ISSUE AND PASSED ME TO THEIR AXLE SUPPLIER. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS INVESTIGATING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND MANY OTHERS REPORTING ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR DUE TO AXLE MISS-ALIGNMENT. THE AXLE MANUFACTURE IS AL-KO. AL-KO AGREED TO SEND A REPLACEMENT SET OF AXLES. I?M FILLING THIS REPORT TO HELP SAVE OTHERS POSSIBLE INJURY DUE TO TIRE FAILURE FROM FAULT MANUFACTURING PRACTICES OF THE AL-KO COMPANY. THROUGH INTERNET RESEARCH, I?VE FOUND 30+ REPORTS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME AXLE ISSUES WITH AL-KO. PLEASE BE ADVISE; THE CORRECT VEHICLE WAS NOT LISTED. THE VEHICLE IN SUBJECT IS 2006 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT 32QBBS 5TH WHEEL CAMPER,. *JB

NHTSA ID
10197176
Incident
Dec 26, 2006
Mileage
5,200 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Apr 28, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE INSIDE REAR TIRE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD A SIDEWALL BLOWOUT. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO CHANGED THE TIRE, DETERMINED THE TIRE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD BASED ON THE DOT NUMBER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN ALERTED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER. *AK

NHTSA ID
10156388
Incident
Apr 27, 2006
Mileage
3,015 mi

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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