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2004 Forest River Georgetown Recalls, Complaints & Specs

4 safety recalls list the 2004 Forest River Georgetown, and owners have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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4 safety recalls for the 2004 Forest River Georgetown

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 10V454000 Reported 2,207 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    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.

    Remedy: 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…

  2. Service brakes, hydraulic

    NHTSA 09V110000 Reported 48,876 vehicles potentially affected NAVISTAR, INC

    Navistar is recalling certain model year my 2001-2008 workhorse w20, w21 and w22 chassis and certain model year 2009 through 2011 monaco rv admiral, arista, monarch, and riptide recreational vehicles equipped with axles that include bosch zops or zoht pin slide hydraulic disc brakes. When combined with occasional or seasonal vehicle…

    Remedy: Workhorse dealers will replace all four bosch brake caliper assemblies free of charge. The safety recall began on september 16, 2010. Owners may contact workhorse at 1-877-246-7731.

  3. 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.…

  4. Buckle assembly (seat belts)

    NHTSA 04V276000 Reported 2,010 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    Certain seat belt buckles on some motor homes fail to conform to the load requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."

    Remedy: Amsafe will notify customers and replace the buckles. Owners should contact amsafe at 1-574-266-8330 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600.

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 2004 Forest River Georgetown have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 14,575 miles. Complaints peaked in 2006 with 2 filed that year.

Most-reported components

What owners are reporting

“I leveled my RV and noticed that when the unit is on Jack’s it causes the tops of the front windows to bulge away from body.”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 10, 2021 · Unknown or other

“Tl* the contact owns a 2004 forest river georgetown rv. The contact stated the front windshield glass detached. The front windshield was reset three times and replaced once by an independent auto glas”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, February 9, 2012 · Visibility

Compare Forest River Georgetown model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Forest River Georgetown model year in NHTSA's database.

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1997 Forest River Georgetown10
1998 Forest River Georgetown11
1999 Forest River Georgetown23
2000 Forest River Georgetown34
2001 Forest River Georgetown57
2002 Forest River Georgetown56
2003 Forest River Georgetown55
2004 Forest River Georgetown410
2005 Forest River Georgetown35
2006 Forest River Georgetown20
2007 Forest River Georgetown23
2008 Forest River Georgetown35
2009 Forest River Georgetown33
2010 Forest River Georgetown37
2011 Forest River Georgetown47
2012 Forest River Georgetown39
2013 Forest River Georgetown46
2014 Forest River Georgetown55
2015 Forest River Georgetown33
2016 Forest River Georgetown43
2017 Forest River Georgetown67
2018 Forest River Georgetown54
2019 Forest River Georgetown74
2020 Forest River Georgetown610
2021 Forest River Georgetown45
2022 Forest River Georgetown32
2023 Forest River Georgetown23
2024 Forest River Georgetown25
2025 Forest River Georgetown12

Checking a specific 2004 Forest River Georgetown

How do I know if my 2004 Forest River Georgetown has an open recall?

Enter your 17-character VIN above. The VIN is on the driver's side dashboard (visible through the windshield), the driver's door jamb sticker, and your registration or insurance card. The check runs against NHTSA's live database and tells you which campaigns list your vehicle. 4 campaigns currently list the 2004 Forest River Georgetown; your car may already have been repaired under some of them.

Is the recall repair free?

Yes. Under federal law, manufacturers must fix safety recalls at no charge for vehicles up to 15 years old from the date of sale to the first owner. Contact any authorised Forest River dealer with your VIN and the NHTSA campaign number (for example 04V276000).

What is the difference between a recall and a complaint?

A recall is a safety campaign filed by the manufacturer or ordered by NHTSA, with a defined defect and remedy. A complaint is a report an owner sent to NHTSA; it is not verified, but patterns of complaints are what trigger NHTSA investigations and, eventually, recalls.

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.