The slides on my forest river blue ridge fifth wheel camper started operating on their own. If the slides extend while traveling this could cause an accident. If the slides retract while camping, personal injury or death could result. My camper was stationary both times the hydraulic motor energized. The first time in my driveway the slides extended. The second time was while I was camping. The slides were extended and the motor energized two days later. When I noticed the motor was running and I opened the door to the motor compartment the motor was smoking and oozing fluid. I had to disconnect the power to the motor and the wires to the solenoid. I had to replace the solenoid, motor and complete control panel. The control panel operated fine after a new motor and solenoid were installed, but I did not trust it. Forest river needs to install a shutoff switch to completely shutoff the slide system to prevent this from happening. In the interim, I disconnect the power and the solenoid. This is not easy to do.
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Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- What is wrong
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River Blue Ridge, 2014-2019 Forest River Cardinal, 2014-2020 Forest River Cedar Creek, 2014-2021 Forest River Georgetown, 2019 Forest River Legacy, and 2017-2018 Forest River Riverstone recreational vehicles equipped with Hehr 6400 Series windows. The adhesive that bonds the vented portion of the window may fail.
- Risk
- Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1‑574‑825‑8600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1380.
Recall number 21V523000 · Recall details
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