Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2015 Forest River Wildcat. 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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Out frame is bent on both sides above the shackles towards the driver side about 5”. Insurance said it wear and tear. We do traveling healthcare and are stuck outside of an area we can work as it’s where we stay when on contract. We can’t find anywhere to work on it either.
2015 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT 5TH WHEEL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO MICROWAVE MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED A FIRE INSIDE VEHICLE. *LD *JS
FOREST RIVER WILDCAT MAXX YEAR 2015 ; BRAKE FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOCKED UP GOING 30-35 MPH ENTERING XPRESS WAY OUTSIDER SACRAMENTO CALIF. AND STARTED SMOKING RESPONDING TO FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ON ROAD WORKER FIXED BY DISCONNECTING BRAKE. STARTED AGAIN AND 3 REMAINING BRAKES LOCKED. HE AGAIN DISCONNECTED THEM AND WE TRAVELED 700 PLUS MILES TO MESA ARIZONA. WHEN ARRIVED IN TRAILER PARK, NOTED IN PARKING 5THWHEEL THAT FRONT DRIVER WHEEL HUB WAS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY TORN OUT. VEHICLE PARKED AND REPAIRED FOR OVER $2300.00. I BELIEVE FROM WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON SAFERCAR.GOV THAT THE AXEL MAY NOT ABLE TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND BECAME BENT RESULTING IN TEARING OUT THE WHEEL HUB AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. LUCKILY WE STOPPED DRIVING IT FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS. WE NEED A NEW AXLE THAT CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT OF THE WILDCAT MAXX AS A RECALL BY FOREST RIVER. CAN HELP US? [XXX]. [XXX]. THANK YOU INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE STARTED SMOKING. THE DRIVER EXTINGUISHED THE TIRE. AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC CAME OUT AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE NEEDED TO BE DISCONNECTED ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE BRAKE WAS DISCONNECTED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRES AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE STARTED SMOKING. THE AUTOMOTIVE MECHIANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKES HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAR AND FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVER SIDES. THE BRAKES WERE DISCONNECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNKNOWN.
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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