Recall Register

2003 Forest River Cardinal: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2003 Forest River Cardinal. The newest campaign is 10V454000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Oct 2010. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 10V454000, in the NHTSA record

Forest river is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on january 28, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 237,624 units in total.

  1. 10V454000Received . 2,207 units.

    Equipment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest river is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An overheated receiver could cause a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest river is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on january 28, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539.

    Report filed by FOREST RIVER, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 08V346000Received . 107,417 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest river is recalling certain my 2003-2006 motor homes, fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If this solution is exposed to an ignition source under certain specific circumstances, it can result in a vehicle fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest river is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle INC. To manage this campaign. Stericycle will assist the owner in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600.

    Report filed by FOREST RIVER, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 07V085000Received . 128,000 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest river will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle INC. To manage this campaign. Stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600,

    Report filed by FOREST RIVER, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2003 Forest River Cardinal: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
21 Jul 2008

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 2003 Forest River Cardinal, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2008, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19971
  2. 19981
  3. 19991
  4. 20001
  5. 20012
  6. 20022
  7. 20033
  8. 20042
  9. 20052
  10. 20061
  11. 20080
  12. 20091
  13. 20100
  14. 20120
  15. 20132
  16. 20144
  17. 20151
  18. 20164
  19. 20173
  20. 20183
  21. 20191
  22. 20201
  23. 20216
  24. 20225
  25. 20241

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Forest River Cardinal: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/forest-river/cardinal/2003/. 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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FOREST RIVER, INC.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Forest River Cardinal?
237,624 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Forest River Cardinal have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 21 recall campaigns for the Forest River Cardinal, model years 1997 to 2024. 3 of them name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Forest River Cardinal name most often?
Equipment: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Forest River Cardinal open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.