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Forest River · Ownership Record · Model Years 2018–2027

Forest RiverIBEX Year by Year

What the federal record holds for this line, model year by model year. 8 recall campaigns and 3 owner complaints are on file across 9 model years between 2018 and 2027. These are counts of records, not a quality score, and an empty year is an empty record rather than a clean one — see how to read the table below.

The Record at a Glance

8recalls
Campaigns on file
3filings
Owner complaints
9years
Model years with records
4peak
Most campaigns in one year (2022)
Line · Forest River IBEX Record spans · 2018–2027 Source · NHTSA

01 How to read this page

Two thirds of towable buyers buy used, and a brochure for the current model year says nothing about the one on the lot. This page buckets every federal record we hold for the Forest River IBEX by the model year NHTSA assigns to it, so a 2018 unit can be read on its own terms.

A recall campaign is a manufacturer-filed safety campaign. One campaign usually covers several model years, so the same campaign can appear in more than one row below; the totals in the summary count each campaign once.

An owner complaint is one filing by one owner. It is an allegation, not a finding, and NHTSA does not verify it before publishing. Complaints and recalls are different things and are never added together.

An empty row is an empty record, not a clean year. A model year with no campaigns and no complaints means nothing was filed under this line’s name and matched our attribution, which is not the same as nothing going wrong. It is also not evidence the line was not built that year — we publish no production-span claim because we hold no verified source for one. Complaint volume in particular tracks how many units are on the road and how long owners have had them, not just how good the trailer is.

02 Year by year, 2018 to 2027

Model yearRecall campaignsOwner complaintsComplaints citing fireComplaints citing a crashComplaints reporting injury
20181————
20191————
2020—————
202121———
202241———
20233————
202431———
20251————
20261————
20272————

Range is the span of the federal record for this line, not a production span. Every record we hold for this line falls inside the range shown.

03 What the record adds up to

Across 9 model years of records, the busiest recall year is 2022 with 4 campaigns, and the busiest complaint year is 2024 with 1 filing. Later model years carry fewer complaints simply because owners have had less time to file.

The component groups named most often in recall campaigns on this line are Equipment (5), Suspension (2) and Electrical system (1).

Owner complaints cluster on Unknown OR other (3).

Of the 3 complaints on file, 0 cite a fire, 0 cite a crash and 0 report an injury. Those three fields are the owner’s own answers on the filing form.

04 The record, year by year

Model year 2027

2 recall campaigns on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
23 Jul 202626V476000EquipmentIncorrect water tank capacity information can allow the vehicle to be overloaded and increase the risk of a crash.
22 Jun 202626V398000Electrical systemElectrical shock increases the risk of injury.

Model year 2026

1 recall campaign on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
22 Jun 202626V398000Electrical systemElectrical shock increases the risk of injury.

Model year 2025

1 recall campaign on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
22 Jun 202626V398000Electrical systemElectrical shock increases the risk of injury.

Model year 2024

3 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
23 Feb 202424V137000EquipmentInadequate clearance around the heaters increases the risk of a fire.
19 Jan 202424V029000SuspensionA detached independent suspension can increase the risk of a crash.

Complaints on 2024 units name Unknown OR other (1).

Model year 2023

3 recall campaigns on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
19 Jan 202424V029000SuspensionA detached independent suspension can increase the risk of a crash.
29 Jul 202222V556000EquipmentAn awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury.

Model year 2022

4 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
19 Jan 202424V029000SuspensionA detached independent suspension can increase the risk of a crash.
29 Jul 202222V556000EquipmentAn awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury.
8 Jul 202222V486000EquipmentAn awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury.

Complaints on 2022 units name Unknown OR other (1).

Model year 2021

2 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
11 Jun 202121V442000SuspensionLoose shackle nuts can fall off the shackle bolt, causing the axle to detach and increasing the risk of a crash.

Complaints on 2021 units name Unknown OR other (1).

Model year 2019

1 recall campaign on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

Model year 2018

1 recall campaign on file.

ReportedCampaignComponentWhat can go wrong
17 Apr 202424V272000EquipmentA circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.

05 Where the numbers come from

Recall campaigns come from NHTSA’s recall record, read two ways: the public API and a direct read of NHTSA’s complete recall flat file. Owner complaints come from a direct read of the complete complaint flat file. Both are attributed on NHTSA’s own model field, never on owner free text — several of our line names are ordinary English words and one of them is a US state, so matching prose would attribute thousands of unrelated filings.

Model-year bucketing uses the year NHTSA records against each affected-vehicle row. Where a campaign covers several years it appears in each of those years and is counted once in the totals.

The specification side of this catalog documents 8 floorplans of the Forest River IBEX in full, for the 2026 model year — verified weights, capacities and dimensions on the Forest River IBEX line page.

Safety information here is a summary of public records and is not a substitute for NHTSA’s own listing. Check an individual trailer by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before you buy.