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2007 Forest river WILDCAT Trailer Hitches Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	828958
Internal NHTSA #	10366915
Manufacurer	FOREST RIVER, INC.
Brand	FOREST RIVER
Model	WILDCAT
Model Year	2007
File date	04/11/10
Component	TRAILER HITCHES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I own a 2007 forest river 5th wheel trailer. It is a wildcat model 28rkbs. The manufacture of the frame for the 5th wheel trailer is a company called lippert components, there was a failure of the 5th wheel hitch pin box to where it is welded to the frame cross members. There was cracks in both the front and rear cross member that support the 5th wheel hitch, the front cross member was cracked by more than 90% of the width of the cross member. The rear cross member was cracked across the total width of the pin box. When i am referring to cross members that is the steal beam of the frame that spans the width of the trailer and supports the 5th wheel hitch. I was lucky that i noticed the problem with the hitch prior to a complete failure of the hitch. If the hitch had completely failed it could have caused a major accident with property damage, injury and possible death. To me this looks like a weakness in the design of the 5th wheel hitch on lippert components frames. After this happened, i contacted forest river and they said that it was lippert components problem . I then contacted lippert component and they said it was not their problem, because it was out of warranty. I did some research on the internet and i was amazed at how much information there was on the web about problems with lippert frames and about the lack of support from lippert to correct their problems. I think it is time for someone to look into the problem with frames before someone gets injured or killed from a lippert pin box to frame failure. If you need to see pictures of the failure to my 5th wheel pin box, i can send them to you, thanks for your help.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	15000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PHOENIX, AZ
VIN pattern	4X4FWCE237TXXXXXX
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	55
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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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2007 Forest river WILDCAT Trailer Hitches Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2007 Forest river WILDCAT Trailer Hitches Problems, Complaints and Defects

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