Forest River Salem Lite Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 3 owner complaints across 1 model year of the Forest River Salem Lite (1999). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

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• 1999

What Forest River Salem Lite owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 3.

• Engine and engine cooling: gasoline1
• Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer1
• Tires1

All Forest River Salem Lite recalls (1)

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

1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

   NHTSA 99V349000 Reported December 14, 1999 459 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

   Vehicle description: trailers and fifth wheel vehicles equipped with an optional exterior cook top. Some of the cook tops were constructed with a rubber hose attached directly to the burner manifold. This hose could melt because of the heat from the burners and leak liquid propane gas.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the gas connection hose with the proper sub assembly.

   Model years: 1999

Other Forest River models

• Cherokee160 complaints
• Georgetown134 complaints
• Rockwood119 complaints
• Wildwood112 complaints
• Salem98 complaints
• Flagstaff68 complaints
• Cardinal61 complaints
• R-Pod54 complaints

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.