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2021 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 Mar 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 Aug 18, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2021 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 Mar 9, 2024

My 2021 Chevy 4500 is an RV, anyway last September 2023. I was on a 2 1/2-week vacation driving on [XXX] near Lacy Washington and was in the middle lane moving over to the slow lane when the vehicle just stalled. I had just made it off the freeway by a few feet, I seriously thought we were going to get rear ended, especially by a truck because a majority were not moving over. They were rocking our RV as they passed us. The RV ended up starting and running good not stalling again, but it was at times difficult to start. We ended up taking it home to Mount Vernon, Washington to get it repaired. It was still under warranty, although the battery wasn't. I thought at first it was a fuel problem, but after getting it scanned it was a fuel pump problem then after the fuel pump was replaced, they said it was also the fuel Modulator. I had to wait for 4 and 1/2 months to get this replaced. meanwhile my 2-year battery went dead while it was sitting there at Blade Chevrolet in Mount Vernon, Washington and there was no pro-rate on it so I was stuck for the full price of the battery. At the time of this repair, I had about 11,878 miles. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID
11576424
Incident
Sep 8, 2023
Driver assistanceSteering
Filed Jan 9, 2023

The message center displayed “Service Advance Trac” and the cruise control stopped working. Right after this event the steering wheel was no longer straight when driving straight but angled counterclockwise about 30 degrees. After this happened the warning always comes back and the cruise shuts off after starting the engine and driving a minute or two. The steering wheel has remained at the angled position when driving straight.

NHTSA ID
11500837
Incident
Nov 19, 2022
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 10, 2022

Our vehicle is stuck in park. Driver message system says “Do not shift, Contact Mercedes”. We have the Mercedes Sprinter 3500 XD chassis. While our vehicle had this happen in our driveway, internet research to resolve our issue revealed several Sprinters having the same issues while stopped in traffic.This is our second incident involving Mercedes dealer intervention. While we are inconvenienced, one could understand the dangerous impact a stalled rv on a interstate could become. We have not received any solution from Mercedes.

NHTSA ID
11468667
Incident
May 25, 2022
Driver assistanceElectrical
Filed Aug 18, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE CRUISE-CONTROL AND HILL ASSIST DEACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY AS THE HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE NEXT DAY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 72 MPH WITH CRUISE-CONTROL ACTIVATED, SUDDENLY, THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY AS THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC, PRE-COLLISION ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE AND THE HILL START ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE WARNING MESSAGES FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AS THE WARNING LIGHTS CONTINUED TO FLASH ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT WAS FINALLY ABLE TO CLEAR THE WARNING LIGHTS BUT WAS UNABLE TO RE-ACTIVATE THE CRUISE-CONTROL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE FORD MANUFACTURER, THE MAKER OF THE CHASSIS; FOR ASSISTANCE WITH FINDING A DEALER THAT WAS ABLE TO SERVICE HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TAKE THE RV TO RUSH TRUCK CENTERS (6800 E. 50TH AVE, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022) WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE UNIT AND DISCOVERED A DEFECTIVE MODULE IN THE CRUISE-CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,176. *LN*JB*DT*JB

NHTSA ID
11350024
Incident
Aug 10, 2020
Mileage
2,176 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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