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2001 Forest River Windsong Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 29, 2005
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2001 Forest River Windsong, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Tires & wheels1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

ON JULY 29. 2005 OUR FAMILY WERE HEADED NORTH ON I-29 OUT OF KANSAS CITY TO GO TO OMAHA FOR THE WEEKEND AND ABOUT THE IOWA STATE LINE I SAW AN RV SWAYING BACK AND FORTH AS OUR TRAILER PARTS EXPLODED ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. AS I STOPPED I SAW THE LEFT SIDE FORWARD TIRE HAD EXPLODED AND WITH IT TAKEN OUT THE TRAILER FLOOR RESULTING IN WHAT WAS LATER $11,000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. CARLISLE TIRE HAS DONE NOTHING SAYING THE TIRES WERE TO OLD. THE TIRES WERE UNDER 4 YEARS AND WERE ALWAYS PROPERLY INFLATED AND HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THEM. THIS AND THE HORRIBLE CLAIM PROCESS OF STATE FARM INSURANCE RUINED OUR TRIP AND HAS TAKEN OVER 3 MONTHS TO SETTLE AND AS OF THIS DATE STILL NO CHECK. IN FURTHER INVESTIGATION ALL THREE REMAINING TIRES APPEAR TO HAVE THE TREAD SEPARATING. YOU COULD SLIDE A BUTTER KNIFE BETWEEN THE TREAD AND SIDEWALL. VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRESTONES ON THE FORD PRODUCTS. HOPE TO GET SOME RESULTS AND I WOULD AVOID AT ALL COST CARLISLE TIRE PRODUCTS. THE TRAILER IS A TOTAL LOSS AND WE HAVE NOW LOST OUR EQUITY IN IT. THESE TIRES HAVE RUINED OUR FAMILYS SUMMER AND FALL CAMPING AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS CONTINUED TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *JB

NHTSA ID 10141182 · filed Oct 29, 2005

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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