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Forest River Windsong Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 12 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Forest River Windsong (1997–2004). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

5
safety recalls, all years
12
owner complaints, all years
2002
year with most recalls
2003
year with most complaints

Pick your Forest River Windsong model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2004 Forest River Windsong10
2003 Forest River Windsong36
2002 Forest River Windsong41
2001 Forest River Windsong31
2000 Forest River Windsong22
1999 Forest River Windsong20
1998 Forest River Windsong12
1997 Forest River Windsong10

What Forest River Windsong owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 6.

All Forest River Windsong recalls (5)

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

  1. 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.

    Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

  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

  3. Lamp (service brakes)

    NHTSA 03V347000 Reported 1,200 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    Certain motor home chassis fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems." the brake system warning indicator may not function as required by standard.

    Remedy: Dealers will repair the brake warning lamp circuit. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact…

    Model years: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  4. Switch (exterior lighting)

    NHTSA 02V296000 Reported 220 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    On certain class a motor homes built on either a ford or workhorse chassis, the power feed for the fog lamps may have been mis-wired.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace part of the dash harness that contains this wiring. Owner notification began november 19, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…

    Model years: 2001, 2002

  5. Lamp (service brakes)

    NHTSA 99V165002 Reported 70 vehicles potentially affected FOREST RIVER, INC.

    Vehicle description: motor homes built on a ford chassis. The brake system warning indicator lamp is not in the correct position in the instrument cluster. This does not meet the requirements of FMVSS no. 105, "hydraulic brake systems."

    Remedy: Dealers will place the brake system warning indicator lamp in the correct position.

    Model years: 1999

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.