2003 FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD Problems & Recalls

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A DOMETIC REFRIGERATOR, MODEL RM2652. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MANUFACTURER TO HAVE THE REFRIGERATOR REPAIRED. A TECHNICIAN INSTALLED A STEEL COVERING FOR FREE TO BLOCK A POTENTIAL FIRE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACK ON TH...

TRAVEL TRAILER TIRES BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. *NM

CARLISLE TIRE ON 2003 ROCKWOOD TRAVEL TRAILER HAD A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY. RUBBER CAME OFF OF TIRE AND STRUCK SIDE OF TRAILER LEAVING BLACK MARKS. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED. CARLISLE WILL NOT REPLACE AS WE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER. WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT...

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT 5TH WHEEL TRAILERS CARLISLE TIRES BLEW OUT. TIRE SIZE 20575/15 C- RATED 6 PLY. THE CONSUMER HAD TWO INCIDENTS WITH DEFECTIVE TIRES. THE FIRST TIRE HAD A BLISTER AND WAS SEPARATING. THE TIRE ONLY HAD 1,000 MILES ON IT. THE CONSUMER SENT THE TIRE BACK TO CARLISLE, A...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE 4 BLOW OUTS ON THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER PUT TIRES ON THE TRAILER THAT WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TH HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER, AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A BIGGER SIZE TIRE. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY H...

SUDDEN BLOWOUTS ON 3 OF 4 CARLISLE 205 75 R 14 TIRES ON TRAVEL TRAILER. PURCHASED NEW ON 9/12/03. FIRST BLOWOUT ON 3/3/04. 2ND ON 10/1/04. 3RD ON 10/21/04. HAVE CONTACTED CARLISLE W/ NO REPSONSE. ALL BLOWOUTS WERE SUDDEN WTIH SEPARATION OF TREAD. ALL TIRES AT 50 PSI AND W/IN LOAD RANGE. *AK

Mileage: 10,000

RE: CLAIM #26875 FOR BLOWOUT OF 4 TIRES AND TRAILER DAMAGE DUE TO BLOWOUT OF 4 TIRES (TIRE SIZE ST205 75 R14 LOAD RANGE C) INSTALLED BY OEM. FOREST RIVER 25' SHAMROCK RV TRAILER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SPRING OF 2003. TOTAL MILEAGE ON TIRES IS ABOUT 4,000 MILES. IN JULY OF 2004 DURING A FAMILY VACATI...

WE WERE COMING HOME FROM A CAMPING TRIP WHEN ONE OF THE TIRES OF OUR TRAVEL TRAILER LITERALLY EXPLODED, CAUSING ABOUT $2000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THE TIRES WERE CHECKED (FOR PRESSURE AND VISUALLY) BEFORE THE TRIP. THE TIRE WERE MADE FROM CARLISLE TIRE CO. AND WERE LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD. THE TIRE IN Q...

TIRES WERE PROPERLY CHECKED FOR PRESSURE, KEPT COVERED WHEN IN STORAGE, SET TO PROPER CLOD INFLATION LEVELS BEFORE USE, AND CHECKED ONCE EVERY WEEK. THE FIRST TIRE FAILED AT MILE MARKER 66 OF I70 IN OHIO, LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD WITH LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND MILES OF USE. THE SECOND TIRE FAILED 600 M...

WE HAVE BLOWN TO TRAILER TIRES IN LESS THAT 3000 MILES OF USE ON A NEW TRAILER. I BEEN CHECKING THE WEIGHTS FOR THE TIRES AND FEEL THEY ARE NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THE TRAILER. FOREST RIVER WILL NOT WARRANTY THEM. THEY SAY IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARLISLE (THE TIRE MFG.). CARLISLE SAYS THE TIRE...

WE HAVE BLOWN TO TRAILER TIRES IN LESS THAT 3000 MILES OF USE ON A NEW TRAILER. I BEEN CHECKING THE WEIGHTS FOR THE TIRES AND FEEL THEY ARE NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR THE TRAILER. FOREST RIVER WILL NOT WARRANTY THEM. THEY SAY IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARLISLE (THE TIRE MFG.). CARLISLE SAYS THE TIRE...