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 Forest River r·pod by the model year NHTSA assigns to it, so a 2009 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.
02 Year by year, 2009 to 2027
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Owner complaints | Complaints citing fire | Complaints citing a crash | Complaints reporting injury |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| 2012 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| 2027 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
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 17 model years of records, the busiest recall year is 2025 with 4 campaigns, and the busiest complaint year is 2018 with 10 filings. 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 (8), Suspension (3) and Electrical system (2).
Owner complaints cluster on Structure (14), Unknown OR other (14) and Tires (9).
Of the 53 complaints on file, 2 cite a fire, 1 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
1 recall campaign on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | 26V398000 | Electrical system | Electrical shock increases the risk of injury. |
Model year 2026
3 recall campaigns on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | 26V398000 | Electrical system | Electrical shock increases the risk of injury. |
| 26 May 2026 | 26V336000 | Suspension | Broken shock retainer bolt heads and washers may detach and become a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 25V707000 | Equipment | A tire can be overinflated after referencing the incorrect information, increasing the risk of a crash. |
Model year 2025
4 recall campaigns on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | 26V398000 | Electrical system | Electrical shock increases the risk of injury. |
| 17 Oct 2025 | 25V707000 | Equipment | A tire can be overinflated after referencing the incorrect information, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| 13 Dec 2024 | 24V929000 | Equipment | A detached tank can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| 16 Aug 2024 | 24V616000 | Equipment | A griddle stowed while the gas is still in use can increase the risk of a fire. |
Model year 2024
2 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | 26V336000 | Suspension | Broken shock retainer bolt heads and washers may detach and become a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| 19 Jan 2024 | 24V029000 | Suspension | A detached independent suspension can increase the risk of a crash. |
Complaints on 2024 units name Structure (1).
Model year 2023
2 recall campaigns on file.
Model year 2022
4 recall campaigns and 3 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2024 | 24V029000 | Suspension | A detached independent suspension can increase the risk of a crash. |
| 29 Jul 2022 | 22V556000 | Equipment | An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury. |
| 8 Jul 2022 | 22V486000 | Equipment | An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury. |
| 24 Jun 2022 | 22V450000 | Equipment | An overloaded vehicle can cause a loss of control and increase the risk of a crash. |
Complaints on 2022 units name Equipment (1), Service brakes (1) and Unknown OR other (1).
Model year 2021
8 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2021 units name Unknown OR other (5), Service brakes (1), Tires (1) and Visibility/wiper (1).
Model year 2020
3 recall campaigns and 8 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2020 | 20V763000 | Equipment | If the plumbing were to detach, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. |
| 12 Feb 2020 | 20V075000 | Equipment | If the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle while in motion, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. |
| 10 May 2019 | 19V356000 | Electrical system | Without the proper circuit breaker protection, the wire can melt, increasing the risk of fire. |
Complaints on 2020 units name Structure (3), Unknown OR other (3) and Visibility/wiper (2).
Model year 2019
3 recall campaigns and 9 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2020 | 20V763000 | Equipment | If the plumbing were to detach, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. |
| 12 Feb 2020 | 20V075000 | Equipment | If the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle while in motion, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. |
| 10 May 2019 | 19V356000 | Electrical system | Without the proper circuit breaker protection, the wire can melt, increasing the risk of fire. |
Complaints on 2019 units name Structure (4), Electrical system (2), Tires (2) and Unknown OR other (1).
Model year 2018
1 recall campaign and 10 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2020 | 20V763000 | Equipment | If the plumbing were to detach, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. |
Complaints on 2018 units name Structure (3), Tires (3), Unknown OR other (2), Fuel/propulsion system (1) and Suspension (1).
Model year 2017
3 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2017 units name Structure (1), Tires (1) and Unknown OR other (1).
Model year 2016
1 recall campaign and 3 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2015 | 15V359000 | Suspension | If the wheel studs break, the wheel could detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. |
Complaints on 2016 units name Structure (1), Tires (1) and Unknown OR other (1).
Model year 2015
3 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2015 units name Suspension (2) and Structure (1).
Model year 2012
1 owner complaint on file.
Complaints on 2012 units name Wheels (1).
Model year 2011
1 recall campaign and 3 owner complaints on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2011 | 11V010000 | Exterior lighting | This could render the vehicle less visible to other motorist during hours of darkness, possibly resulting in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. |
Complaints on 2011 units name Electrical system (2) and Service brakes, hydraulic (1).
Model year 2010
1 recall campaign and 1 owner complaint on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2011 | 11V010000 | Exterior lighting | This could render the vehicle less visible to other motorist during hours of darkness, possibly resulting in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. |
Complaints on 2010 units name Tires (1).
Model year 2009
1 recall campaign on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2011 | 11V010000 | Exterior lighting | This could render the vehicle less visible to other motorist during hours of darkness, possibly resulting in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. |
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 12 floorplans of the Forest River Forest River r·pod in full, for the 2026 model year — verified weights, capacities and dimensions on the Forest River Forest River r·pod 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.