NHTSA Complaint #10884730 — 2015 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD

ON OR NEAR APRIL 27TH OF THIS YEAR I TOOK DELIVERY OF A BRAND NEW WILDWOOD CAMPER AND WAS SO EXTREMELY PROUD AND HAPPY WITH MY PURCHASE. ON MAY 6TH I AND MY FAMILY WENT CAMPING AT A LOCAL STATE PARK. LESS THAN 15 MILES FROM MY RESIDENCE. DURING THE DRIVE TO THIS PARK I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH SPEEDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH DUE TO THE TRAILER 'FISH TAILING'. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH OTHER CAMPERS THEY HAD ALL STATED THAT A 'EQUALIZER HITCH' IS WHAT WAS NEEDED TO CALM THE FISH TAILING DOWN. THIS WAS PURCHASED AND APPLIED TO MY TRUCK AND CAMPER. ON A TEST DRIVE I WAS ABLE TO ATTAIN A SPEED OF 45 MPH HOWEVER IT WAS WITH FISH TAILING. I DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH LIEBELT RV, THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT I HAD PURCHASED THIS CAMPER FROM AND THEIR MECHANIC THOUGHT THAT ALL WAS NEEDED WOULD BE A SWAY CONTROL BAR. AFTER SERIOUS DISCUSSION WITH THE MECHANIC WE HAD DECIDED TO LEAVE THE TRAILER THERE AND MY TRUCK TO VERIFY CORRECT INSTALLATION OF THE EQUALIZER HITCH AND TO INSTALL THE SWAY CONTROL BAR. IT ALSO WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MECHANIC WOULD TEST DRIVE AND VERIFY THE FISH TAILING PROBLEM THAT I WAS HAVING. A DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO INSTALL TWO SWAY CONTROL BARS AND TO CHANGE THE TIRES FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMPER TO A HEAVIER DUTY WIDER CROWN TIRE. WITH ALL THIS DONE TO MY BRAND NEW CAMPER, I AND MY FAMILY TOOK IT CAMPING. THE STATE PARK WAS 100 MILES FROM MY HOME AND THE TRAILER FISH TAILED ALL THE WAY WITH TOP SPEED OF 55 MPH AND THIS WAS SKETCHY. WE TOOK IT ON A SECOND CAMPING TRIP WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 125 MILES AWAY AND AGAIN THE TOP SPEED WAS 55 MPH AND SKETCHY. MY TRUCK IS A RAM 1500 LARAMIE WITH HEAVY DUTY UPGRADES TO INCLUDE 5000 LB AIRBAGS AND THE HEAVY DUTY TOWING PACKAGE. ALL DRIVING WAS ON HIGHWAY WITH POSTED SPEED LIMITS OF 65 MPH / 70 MPH AND 80 MPH