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2004 Forest River Work And Play 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 3, 2016
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 Aug 3, 2016

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2004 Forest River Work And Play. 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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BrakesOther / unspecifiedSuspension
Filed Aug 3, 2016

I HAVE A 2004 WORK AND PLAY. I HAVE HAD REPEATED ISSUES WITH TIRES RUBBING, WHEEL BEARINGS, AND BRAKES. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE BREAKDOWNS AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE WORK ON THE CAMPER WITH VARYING RESULTS AND FIXES. MY LATEST ADVENTURE LEFT ME IN CHATTANOOGA NEAR A CAMPING WORLD. THE MECHANIC THERE CHECKED IT OUT AND SHOWED ME THE PROBLEM. THE AXLES ON THIS TRAILER ARE TOO NARROW. THIS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE RUBBING, THE BEARINGS BEING STRESSED TO PREMATURE WEARING, AND ISSUES WITH BRAKES. NOT TO MENTION DENTING THE INSIDE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL WELLS FROM HITTING THE TOP OF THE BRAKE DRUM/AXLE ENDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN ISOLATED CASE OR THAT IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF (SUCH AS A RECALL). I AM AWARE THAT THE TRAILER IS AN OLDER MODEL, BUT IT IS NOT LIKE THE AXLES SHRINK OVER TIME. THE CAMPER IS CURRENTLY AT THE CAMPING WORLD IN CHATTANOOGA TO BE PUT TOGETHER CORRECTLY AT QUITE A COST TO ME. I HAVE HAD BLOW OUTS, A WHEEL FLEW OFF THE CAMPER, AND SOME INTERMITTENT BRAKE OUTAGES. NEVER WAS THERE INJURY IN ANY OF THESE INCIDENTS, BUT ONLY DUE TO MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND THE GOD IN HEAVEN ABOVE! I EMAILED THIS TO THE COMPANY AS WELL SO THEY KNOW ABOUT IT AS WELL. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL AXLES. IN EVERY CASE I WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME FO THE PROBLEM,,,AT HIGHWAY.INTERSTATE SPEED. THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT BELOW WAS JUST THE MOST RECENT EVENT.

NHTSA ID
10892997
Incident
Jul 30, 2016

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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