2004 Wildcat 510 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 Wildcat 510, 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
- Body & structure150.0%
- Other / unspecified150.0%
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
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
2004 WILDCAT FOREST RIVER 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER IN GETTING PREPARED FOR A TIP, NOTICED CRACKS IN THE 5TH WHEEL HITCH AREA, [ODI NOTE: BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH OWNER, SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THAT SCREWS WERE MISSING OR HAD FALLEN OUT; NOT A PIN BOX ISSUE] TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, CAMPER CLINIC IN BUDA TEXAS......DEALERSHIP INFORMS ME THAT FRAMING HAS COME LOOSE FROM WALLS, CORRECTION WILL BE TO WELD IN NEW ANGLE AIR AND REINFORCE AND THEN REINSTALL.....FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2374.14 TURNED INTO INSURANCE CO, INS CO SAYS NOT COVERED THAT THIS IS A MFG DEFECT AND TO HAVE MFG CORRECT FOREST RIVER HAS INSTRUCTED DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE SCREWS IN FRONT AND PUT LONGER SCREWS ON THE SIDES AND HOPE IT HELPS. I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MFG OF THE FRAME, LIPPERT IS WELL AWARE OF FRAME FLEX ISSUES ON TRAVEL TRAILERS, AND AWARE OF MAJOR PIN BOX FAILURES, BUT THEY FAIL TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES AND ALLOW THESE TRAILERS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THE OPEN HWY. APPARENTLY IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE PIN BOX YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE HITCH POINTS AND SPOT ANY CRACKS. APPARENTLY LIPPERT IF AWARE OF THE CRACKS/BAD WELDS THAT CAN BE FOUND AT THE KING PIN ATTACH POINT BUT WILLNOT REPAIR. NEITHER FOREST RIVER OR LIPPERT IS OFFERING TO PAY FOR THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
2004 WILDCAT FOREST RIVER 5TH WHEEL TRAVEL TRAILER IN GETTING PREPARED FOR A TIP, NOTICED CRACKS IN THE 5TH WHEEL HITCH AREA, [ODI NOTE: BASED ON CONVERSATION WITH OWNER, SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THAT SCREWS WERE MISSING OR HAD FALLEN OUT; NOT A PIN BOX ISSUE] TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, CAMPER CLINIC IN BUDA TEXAS......DEALERSHIP INFORMS ME THAT FRAMING HAS COME LOOSE FROM WALLS, CORRECTION WILL BE TO WELD IN NEW ANGLE AIR AND REINFORCE AND THEN REINSTALL.....FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2374.14 TURNED INTO INSURANCE CO, INS CO SAYS NOT COVERED THAT THIS IS A MFG DEFECT AND TO HAVE MFG CORRECT FOREST RIVER HAS INSTRUCTED DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE SCREWS IN FRONT AND PUT LONGER SCREWS ON THE SIDES AND HOPE IT HELPS. I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MFG OF THE FRAME, LIPPERT IS WELL AWARE OF FRAME FLEX ISSUES ON TRAVEL TRAILERS, AND AWARE OF MAJOR PIN BOX FAILURES, BUT THEY FAIL TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES AND ALLOW THESE TRAILERS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THE OPEN HWY. APPARENTLY IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE PIN BOX YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE HITCH POINTS AND SPOT ANY CRACKS. APPARENTLY LIPPERT IF AWARE OF THE CRACKS/BAD WELDS THAT CAN BE FOUND AT THE KING PIN ATTACH POINT BUT WILLNOT REPAIR. NEITHER FOREST RIVER OR LIPPERT IS OFFERING TO PAY FOR THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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