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2018 Forest River Wildcat 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 Aug 5, 2025
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, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2018 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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Suspension
Filed Aug 5, 2025

Axel failure. Took my trailer into the shop because the wheels were leaning inward and eating tires unevenly. The trailer mechanic said I had to replace both axels!! They were undersized from the manufacture. Extremely unsafe and very likely could have caused an accident while towing.

NHTSA ID
11678412
Incident
Jul 7, 2025
Other / unspecified
Filed Jul 9, 2019

TIRE EXPLODED ON FREEWAY ON 6/30/2019 AND A SECOND TIRE WOULD NOT HOLD AIR AND WENT FLAT ON 7/8/2019. CASTLE ROCK TIRES. DOT JULT IMT 5116 1ST TIRE EXPLODED WHILE IN MOTION ON A FREEWAY 2ND TIRE DEFLATED WHILE PARKED AT RV PARK DAMAGED WHEEL WELL FROM RUBBER SEPARATION

NHTSA ID
11230372
Incident
Jun 30, 2019
Mileage
1,500 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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