2015 FOREST RIVER R-POD Suspension Problems
2 NHTSA complaints on file
Suspension Issues in the 2015 FOREST RIVER R-POD
2 suspension complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2015 FOREST RIVER R-POD. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Suspension Complaints
Factory installed axle is under rated for the application. Axle sags causing the wheels to camber inward towards the trailer potentially causing a blowout and loss of control.
THE AXLE FELL OFF THE VEHICLE WHEN BACKING UP IN MY DRIVEWAY GOING 1 MPH. ON EXAMINATION, THE 'L-SHAPED' METAL BRACKET WELDED TO THE FRAME ABOVE HAD BROKEN BELOW THE WELD AND ABOVE 2 BOLTS FASTENING THE BRACKET TO THE RISER OF THE TRAILER. THE WELDER WHO REPAIRED THE BROKEN PIECE OF METAL TOLD ME THAT THE BRACKET HAD A CUT BETWEEN THE 2 BOLTS AND THAT THIS HAD WEAKENED THE METAL BRACKET TO THE POINT THAT IT FAILED. I FEAR THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM DURING MANUFACTURING WHEN THEY TEMPORARILY RAN SHORT OF THE STANDARD PIECE OF METAL AND GRABBED WHATEVER WAS AT HAND. IF SO, THIS IS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS COULD CAUSE A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT! IN THE PHOTOS *DT THE TRAILER HAS AN L-SHAPED 'ANGLE BRACKET' WELDED TO THE FRAME, FROM THIS 2 BOLTS GO INTO A BOX-LIKE 'RISER' FROM THE SIDE THAT...