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2011 Forest river GEORGETOWN Equipment Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	853303
Internal NHTSA #	10395636
Manufacurer	FOREST RIVER, INC.
Brand	FOREST RIVER
Model	GEORGETOWN
Model Year	2011
File date	08/04/11
Component	EQUIPMENT
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	vehicle is a new georgetown 300s motor home with a room slide out on the drivers side. Over the slide out is an awning sometimes called a topper that is rolled very compactly with a torsion spring when traveling. Under certain wind conditions (30 mph wind from left at 60 miles per hour forward coach speed) the topper will violently unroll, impacting the motor coach cabin, and resulting with very loud wind noise that appears to be an impact with another vehicle. Stopping very quickly clears the problem yet seriously disrupts adjacent vehicles. The topper is manufactured by dometic and installed by the georgetown forrest river assembly plant. The very specific instructions by dometic for the installation calls for an automatic lock to be attached at the leading end of the topper slide assembly to prevent unintentional unfurling while at highway speeds. The georgetown assembly plant attached the automatic lock at the trailing end of the slide assembly and with insufficient contact resulting in the above described accident. Checking with the rv. Net safety blog this appears to be a known failure by georgetown. Examining the new motor homes on the dealer lot where i purchased my vehicle, it looked like one in four vehicles had the same problem. The service department had a low concern level demonstrated for correcting a manufacture's deficiency. When one considers the limited experience drivers piloting motor homes 30-45 feet long with a car towed behind, an unexpected impact to the cabin can easily lead to a very tragic circumstance. I have been unable to locate a georgetown address that accepts safety issues either in my sales documentation or online at their website. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	3500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	ROCKPORT, TX
VIN pattern	1F66F5DY7B0XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	60
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2011 Forest river GEORGETOWN Equipment Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Forest river GEORGETOWN Equipment Problems, Complaints and Defects

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