Forest River Salem
The Forest River Salem appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1997 to 2027: 64 recall campaigns (131 model-year entries) and 45 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is structure (225.8 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by equipment (177.4).
The 2003 model year has the most complaints (8). Recall campaigns peaked in 2018 with 8; complaints were received in the largest number in 2016 (10). Within Forest River, this line ranks 6 of 83 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Forest River Salem complaints (62 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Forest River model lines
- Georgetown 101 recalls · 84 complaints
- Wildwood 126 recalls · 64 complaints
- Rockwood 51 recalls · 53 complaints
- Shasta 9 recalls · 51 complaints
- Cardinal 48 recalls · 50 complaints
- Salem 131 recalls · 45 complaints
- Wildcat 50 recalls · 44 complaints
- Flagstaff 51 recalls · 36 complaints
- Cherokee 80 recalls · 31 complaints
- Sandpiper 46 recalls · 25 complaints
- Sierra 45 recalls · 24 complaints
- Sunseeker 54 recalls · 23 complaints
- Forester 53 recalls · 21 complaints
- Cedar Creek 78 recalls · 18 complaints
- Berkshire 80 recalls · 13 complaints
- Windsong 17 recalls · 12 complaints
- Motorhome 3 recalls · 12 complaints
- XLR 53 recalls · 11 complaints
- Vengeance 49 recalls · 11 complaints
- R-POD 18 recalls · 11 complaints
- Blue Ridge 10 recalls · 10 complaints
- Puma 50 recalls · 9 complaints
- Surveyor 43 recalls · 9 complaints
- Salem Le 2 recalls · 7 complaints
- Work and Play 35 recalls · 6 complaints
- FR3 28 recalls · 6 complaints
- Vibe 25 recalls · 6 complaints
- Solera 22 recalls · 6 complaints
- Sandstorm 12 recalls · 6 complaints
- Dynamax 16 recalls · 5 complaints
- Palomino 9 recalls · 5 complaints
- Wildwood Le 2 recalls · 5 complaints
- Stealth 13 recalls · 4 complaints
- Charleston 54 recalls · 3 complaints
- Legacy 19 recalls · 3 complaints
- Clipper Camping Trailer 8 recalls · 3 complaints
- Cherokee Grey Wolf 2 recalls · 3 complaints
- Tsunami 30 recalls · 2 complaints
- XLR Toyhauler 21 recalls · 2 complaints
- Sabre 16 recalls · 2 complaints
- All American Sport 8 recalls · 2 complaints
- Amera-Lite 4 recalls · 2 complaints
- Stealth EVO 14 recalls · 1 complaints
- Avenger 13 recalls · 1 complaints
- Shockwave 13 recalls · 1 complaints
- Columbus 10 recalls · 1 complaints
- Freelander 10 recalls · 1 complaints
- Cross Country 9 recalls · 1 complaints
- Prime Time 7 recalls · 1 complaints
- EVO 4 recalls · 1 complaints
- Rockport 62 recalls · 0 complaints
- Riverstone 34 recalls · 0 complaints
- Aurora 23 recalls · 0 complaints
- Lexington 23 recalls · 0 complaints
- Impression 16 recalls · 0 complaints
- Ibex 13 recalls · 0 complaints
- NO Boundaries 13 recalls · 0 complaints
- Auto Plus 12 recalls · 0 complaints
- Lexington GT 12 recalls · 0 complaints
- Auto Master 11 recalls · 0 complaints
All 83 Forest River model lines
Questions and answers
Which Forest River Salem model years have the most recalls?
2019 (11), 2021 (10), 2024 (10). Across model years 1997–2027 there are 64 distinct campaigns.
Which Forest River Salem model year has the most complaints?
2003, with 8 of the line's 45 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Forest River Salem complain about?
structure (225.8 per 1,000 mentions), equipment (177.4 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (145.2 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.