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2003 Forest River Wildwood 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 Oct 31, 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 Oct 16, 2006

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 Forest River Wildwood. 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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Other / unspecified
Filed Oct 31, 2006

2003 WILDWOOD (T-19) WATER TANK WAS DEFECTIVE UPON INSTALLATION. *TS THE COMPLAINT IS IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING INSTALLATION ARRANGEMENT OF THE WATER TANK. AS THE CONSUMER WAS FILLING THE TANK IN HIS DRIVEWAY IT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE TANK WAS ONLY HELD BY THE CHASSIS RAILS. THE RV WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO REINSTALLED THE WATER TANK AND ADDED TWO STIFFENERS TO PREVENT FUTURE MOVEMENT AND SLIPPAGE. *NM

NHTSA ID
10173273
Incident
Jan 1, 1901
Other / unspecified
Filed Oct 16, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE FILLING THE WATER TANK OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE WATER TANK FELL OFF WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO IMPROPER ASSEMBLY BY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE TRAILER. THE MODEL WAS WILDWOOD. UPDATED 10/31/2006 - THE REPAIR FACILITY ADDED STIFFENERS (CROSS BARS) TO THE WATER TANK. THE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION HAD THE TANK LIP BEING HELD ONLY BY THE CHASSIS RAILS. *NM

NHTSA ID
10170972
Incident
Oct 4, 2006

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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