Forest River Cardinal: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 21 recall campaigns for the Forest River Cardinal, model years 1997 to 2024. NHTSA has 50 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 25 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19971
- 19981
- 19991
- 20001
- 20012
- 20022
- 20033
- 20042
- 20052
- 20061
- 20080
- 20091
- 20100
- 20120
- 20132
- 20144
- 20151
- 20164
- 20173
- 20183
- 20191
- 20201
- 20216
- 20225
- 20241
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 100 |
| 2022 Forest River Cardinal | 5 | 0 | 0% | 56,059 |
| 2021 Forest River Cardinal | 6 | 0 | 0% | 6,154 |
| 2020 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 111 |
| 2019 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 825 |
| 2018 Forest River Cardinal | 3 | 0 | 0% | 895 |
| 2017 Forest River Cardinal | 3 | 2 | 100% | 880 |
| 2016 Forest River Cardinal | 4 | 2 | 100% | 894 |
| 2015 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 11 | 550% | 825 |
| 2014 Forest River Cardinal | 4 | 1 | 50% | 12,081 |
| 2013 Forest River Cardinal | 2 | 2 | 100% | 10,567 |
| 2012 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 50% | |
| 2010 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 150% | |
| 2009 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 250% | 176 |
| 2008 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 50% | |
| 2006 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 7 | 350% | 107,417 |
| 2005 Forest River Cardinal | 2 | 6 | 300% | 109,624 |
| 2004 Forest River Cardinal | 2 | 2 | 100% | 109,624 |
| 2003 Forest River Cardinal | 3 | 1 | 50% | 237,624 |
| 2002 Forest River Cardinal | 2 | 1 | 50% | 130,207 |
| 2001 Forest River Cardinal | 2 | 0 | 0% | 130,207 |
| 2000 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 100% | 128,000 |
| 1999 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 100% | 128,000 |
| 1998 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 50% | 128,000 |
| 1997 Forest River Cardinal NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 128,000 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
62 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Tires | 274.2 | 17 |
| Equipment | 161.3 | 10 |
| Structure | 145.2 | 9 |
| Wheels | 145.2 | 9 |
| Unknown or Other | 96.8 | 6 |
| Suspension | 80.6 | 5 |
| Electrical System | 48.4 | 3 |
| Visibility/Wiper | 32.3 | 2 |
| Interior Lighting | 16.1 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Georgetown33 campaigns
- Wildwood62 campaigns
- Rockwood32 campaigns
- Shasta5 campaigns
- Salem64 campaigns
- Wildcat18 campaigns
- Flagstaff32 campaigns
- Cherokee35 campaigns
- Sandpiper18 campaigns
- Sierra17 campaigns
- Sunseeker24 campaigns
- Forester24 campaigns
- Cedar Creek19 campaigns
- Berkshire30 campaigns
- Windsong5 campaigns
- Motorhome2 campaigns
- XLR22 campaigns
- Vengeance17 campaigns
- R-POD12 campaigns
- Blue Ridge3 campaigns
- Puma18 campaigns
- Surveyor23 campaigns
- Salem Le2 campaigns
- Work and Play12 campaigns
- FR313 campaigns
- Vibe14 campaigns
- Solera7 campaigns
- Sandstorm8 campaigns
- Dynamax5 campaigns
- Palomino6 campaigns
- Wildwood Le2 campaigns
- Stealth9 campaigns
- Charleston15 campaigns
- Legacy7 campaigns
- Clipper Camping Trailer4 campaigns
- Cherokee Grey Wolf2 campaigns
- Tsunami6 campaigns
- XLR Toyhauler14 campaigns
- Sabre12 campaigns
- All American Sport2 campaigns
- Amera-Lite2 campaigns
- Stealth EVO12 campaigns
- Avenger10 campaigns
- Shockwave7 campaigns
- Columbus8 campaigns
- Freelander8 campaigns
- Cross Country2 campaigns
- Prime Time5 campaigns
- EVO3 campaigns
- Rockport21 campaigns
- Riverstone7 campaigns
- Aurora13 campaigns
- Lexington10 campaigns
- Impression9 campaigns
- Ibex8 campaigns
- NO Boundaries8 campaigns
- Auto Plus3 campaigns
- Lexington GT3 campaigns
- Auto Master2 campaigns
- Eliminator2 campaigns
Forest River: all 83 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Forest River Cardinal: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/forest-river/cardinal/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FOREST RIVER, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Forest River Cardinal model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2021 with 6, 2022 with 5, 2016 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Forest River Cardinal model year has the most complaints?
- The 2015 model year, with 11 of the 50 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Forest River Cardinal name?
- Tires: 274.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Equipment: 161.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 145.2 per 1,000 component mentions.