2013 FOREST RIVER BLUE RIDGE Structurebody Problems

MARATHON TIRES ON BLUE RIDGE 5TH WHEEL. TIRE BLEW ON 4 LANE HWY. TRAVEL SPEED WAS APROX 45 MPH. TIRE WERE MAINTAINED AT PROPER AIR PRESSURE AND CHECKED BEFORE STARTING TRAVEL. NO UNUSUAL ROAD CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED. NO DEBRIS WAS NOTICED ON THE HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD. THIS HAPPENED AT 11:00 AM, TEMP WAS MILD WITH NO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ## VIN FAILED ## FOREST RIVER BLUE RIDGE 2013 ##

MARATHON TIRES FOREST RIVER 5TH WHEEL. THIS IS THE SECOND REPORT AND WILL TALK ABOUT 2 MORE TIRES BLOWING ON THE SAME DAY WITHIN AN HOUR OF EACH OTHER. TIRES CHECKED FOR TIRE PRESSURE BEFORE GOING ON ROAD. THIS WAS A 2 LANE ROAD HEAVILY TRAVELED. GOING DOWNHILL AT SAFE SPEED FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. WE WERE GOING INTO A CURVE AND A BIG EXPLOSION OF TIRE AND SIDE OF OUR RV HEAD INTO THE WOODS. LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THERE WAS A TURN OUT JUST 75 FEET FROM US. THIS FIRST ONE TOOK THE FENDER OFF. THE SECOND BLOW OUT TOOK PLACE ON 4 LANE HWY THAT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED. THIS TIME OUR FAMILY MEMBER BEHIND SEE THE TIRE BLOW AND WE PULL OVER...UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF SPARES. WE REPLACE ALL TIRES WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND FROM A LOCAL BRAND WHO HELPED GET US OUT OF DANGER. TERRIBLE TIRES...

WHILE COMING HOME FROM TRIP TIRE BLEW OUT ON KATY FWY PULLED OVER TO NTB DEALER REPLACED TIRE CHECKED INTER NET MANY MANY RVS ESP 5TH WHEELS HAVE THE PROBLEM WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL 5 DANGEROUS TIRES TO BE REPLACED AND REPAIRE THE DAMAGE ON THE RV . THE RV IS BRAND NEW ,ORIGINAL TIRES ON IT FIRST TRIP. *TR