NHTSA Complaint #11438865 — 2021 FOREST RIVER CEDAR CREEK

2021 CEDAR CREEK RV. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO WARRANTY ISSUES. THE CONSUMER STATED UPON PICKUP OF THE VEHICLE AFTER PURCHASE, IT EXPERIENCED SOME WARRANTY ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE OWNER SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. AFTER ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS THE CONSUMER WAS OFFERED AN IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. THE DEALER DID NOT HONOR THE REPLACEMENT AND STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER RETURNED THE VEHICLE WITH BEDROOM SLIDE STILL UNREPAIRED. THE SLIDE NEARLY FELL OUT OF THE RV. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE ISSUES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL AND OPEN THE SLIDES AS THE POWER WOULD CONTINUOSLY SHUT DOWN THE CONTROL SCREEN. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS AN ODOR THAT TURNED OUT TO BE BATTERY ACID. THE BATTERIES WERE SMOKING AND COULD BE SMELLED FROM 1000 YARDS AWAY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER WAS MAD AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK IF, THE CONSUMER SIGNED WAIVER NOT TO REPORT THE INCIDENTS. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE VEHICLE BE BOUGHT BACK IN FULL.