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Forest River Eliminator Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 10 model years of the Forest River Eliminator (1997–2006).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls

Pick your Forest River Eliminator model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Forest River Eliminator10
2005 Forest River Eliminator10
2004 Forest River Eliminator10
2003 Forest River Eliminator20
2002 Forest River Eliminator10
2001 Forest River Eliminator10
2000 Forest River Eliminator10
1999 Forest River Eliminator10
1998 Forest River Eliminator10
1997 Forest River Eliminator10

All Forest River Eliminator recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Forest River Eliminator, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V346000 Reported 107,417 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    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.

    Remedy: 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.…

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 07V085000 Reported 128,000 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    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.

    Remedy: 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…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Other Forest River models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.