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2012 Forest River Wolf Pack

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

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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 Sep 23, 2013
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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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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Overview

Our database contains 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2012 Forest River Wolf Pack, most frequently naming the tires & wheels and other / unspecified categories.

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

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

  • Tires & wheels375.0%
  • Other / unspecified125.0%

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

Safety recalls

No recalls in our database for this model year

That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 23, 2013

PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C. 20 MINS OUT WE THREW THE ENTIRE CENTER OF TIRE TREAD DAMAGING SKIRTING AND UNDER SIDE. TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT ALL THE WAY AND BEING DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER I WAS UN AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL WE STOPPED FOR ACCIDENT ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER. A PASSING MOTORIST MADE US AWARE OF PROBLEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF AT NEXT EXIT AND HAVE SPARE PUT ON. I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE NITE BEFORE LEAVING AND READ 78 PSI ON ALL 4 TIRES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT ACCIDENT. HAVE PLACED CALL TO SUPPLIER OF TIRE LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE AND WHEEL LLC.. THEY SAY NO COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE TO THEM. SENDING ME A CLAIMS FORM MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP. TIRES HAVE 2000 MILES AND ARE 17 MONTHS OLD FROM TRAILER PURCHASE DATE. THEY SUPPLY TIRES TO PALOMINO DIV. UNDER THE TRAILER NAME SABRA.

NHTSA ID
10544995
Incident
Sep 14, 2013
Mileage
2,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Sep 23, 2013

PULLING FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER TO MYRTLE BEACH S.C. 20 MINS OUT WE THREW THE ENTIRE CENTER OF TIRE TREAD DAMAGING SKIRTING AND UNDER SIDE. TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT ALL THE WAY AND BEING DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER I WAS UN AWARE OF PROBLEM UNTIL WE STOPPED FOR ACCIDENT ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER. A PASSING MOTORIST MADE US AWARE OF PROBLEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF AT NEXT EXIT AND HAVE SPARE PUT ON. I CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE NITE BEFORE LEAVING AND READ 78 PSI ON ALL 4 TIRES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE NEXT ACCIDENT. HAVE PLACED CALL TO SUPPLIER OF TIRE LIONSHEAD SPECIALTY TIRE AND WHEEL LLC.. THEY SAY NO COMPLAINTS ON THIS TIRE TO THEM. SENDING ME A CLAIMS FORM MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP. TIRES HAVE 2000 MILES AND ARE 17 MONTHS OLD FROM TRAILER PURCHASE DATE. THEY SUPPLY TIRES TO PALOMINO DIV. UNDER THE TRAILER NAME SABRA.

NHTSA ID
10544994
Incident
Sep 14, 2013
Mileage
2,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 6, 2013

ABOUT 10 HOURS INTO A 60-65 MPH TOW FROM ATLANTA ON I-20 IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER JUST PAST THE LA STATE BORDER THE RR GOODYEAR MARATHON ON MY 30' ENCLOSED 13,000 LB TRAILER EXPLODED.. MY TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR SYSTEM INDICATED 98 PSI OF PRESSURE IN THAT LOAD RANGE D TIRE AND 105 DEGREES F TEMP. MY FRONT AXLE E LOAD TIRES WERE READING 115 PSI AND 105 DEGREES F. NO SLOW AIR LEAK OCCURRED, THE TIRE SIMPLY EXPLODED CATASTROPHICALLY. I PULLED SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR AN EXIT AND INSTALLED ONE OF THE TWO SPARES I CARRY. THE TRAILER SUSTAINED $300 IN BODY DAMAGE AND THE ADJACENT FRONT TIRE MONITOR ($65) WAS DESTROYED BY FLYING CARCASS DEBRIS. THE TIRE WAS EXACTLY TWO YEARS OLD, ORIGINAL TO THE TRAILER AND HAD JUST 9,000 MILES ON IT. INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE TRIP REVEALED ODD TREAD WEAR PATTERNS BUT THE GOOD YEAR TIRE SHOP I HAD INSPECT IT THEORIZED IT WAS CAUSED BY REAR-AXLE ARTICULATION IN LOW-SPEED TURNS AND OF NO CONCERN TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE TIRE, NOR A REFLECTION OF ANY TRAILER SUSPENSION ALIGNMENT OR LOADING ISSUE.. I SHOULD HAVE PULLED THE TIRE. I NOW BELIEVE IT WAS FORESHADOWING CATASTROPHIC CARCASS SEPARATION CAUSED BY CUMULATIVE HEAT CYCLES. I HAD NEW VALVE STEMS INSTALLED AS TWO WERE FOUND LEAKING AND I HAD THE WHEELS BALANCED. NO AIR LOSS, SIDEWALL BUBBLES OR OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT. PER THE GOOD YEAR MARATHON SERVICE BULLETIN, I ALWAYS RUN THESE TIRES 10 PSI ABOVE THE INDICATED COLD SIDEWALL PRESSURE, FOR THIS LOAD RANGE D TIRE, THAT'S 75 PSI. FOR THE E LOADS ON THE FRONT AXLE, THAT'S 90 PSI, UP FROM 80. THIS FOREST RIVER WORK AND PLAY TRAILER WAS DELIVERED TO ME FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH INCORRECT TIRES -- D LOAD INSTEAD OF E LOAD, WHICH RUN RIGHT AT 3,000 LB WEIGHT LIMIT FOR THE 6K AXLES. I HAVE EXTENSIVELY WEIGHTED AND ADJUSTED MY WD HITCH AND TRAILER LOAD TO ENSURE ALL TIRE CONTACT PATCHES, SUSPENSION AND HITCH COMPONENTS ARE WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CAPACITIES. *TR

NHTSA ID
10523479
Incident
Jun 1, 2013
Mileage
9,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Nov 8, 2012

CPSC#I12B0122A. 5TH WHEEL R.V. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE REAR WHEEL AND TIRE CAME OFF OF THE TRAILER CAUSING IT TO JUMP AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH, CAUSING A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER, INCLUDING THE UNDER SIDE, BUCKLING THE INTERIOR WALL, SPLITTING SEAMS IN THE PANELING ON THE INTERIOR AND MISC CRACKS IN THE INTERIOR PANELING. *LN

NHTSA ID
10484361
Incident
Oct 21, 2012

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Forest River Wolf Pack by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
2018010—
2017110—
2012Viewing400—
2010200—

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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.