disapointed with quality

I know i'm going to get alot of flack for my statement but here goes. This is my first RV and after spending 18,000 on this pod i'm not happy with this Forest River produck. I;m aware that there will always be some kind of minor repair needed every year but this is riduclous. After 2 years, 8000 miles and only about 2 dozen trips i have had to repair the axel that is too light for the pods weight(according to my certified repair shop). 2 new tires, the micro/conv door button is stuck and cant close door. dvd player only last about an hour then it stopps mid stream, crappy speakers in and out. gas valve leaked and replaced, have to seal all exterior seams as some of seakeant flaked off.strip of trim on inside bottom of slide out came off when extending out.Screens splines pop out for no reason. I;m sure there will be more to come. Have made the decision to get rid of the pod in the spring, Researching diffrent breands for my replacement. My future is to be a full time rv er. I understand that all brands have issues but after 2 years when appliances and equipement starts going theres quality issues. Good luck to all you podders out there.

I'm on my 2nd pod and have good luck with both, but I do believe it's a little bit of a crap shoot as far as quality.  When I got my 2nd I held my breath for a long time before I was comfortable that I got a good or better one.  The only issue I've had to deal with so far is a water pump diaphragm.  I'm sorry you weren't as fortunate.

I agree 100 % that the pods are cheaply made. They are also cheaply sold. There are things that should absolutely not happen. Like they used a hole saw to to the attachment point hole for my black tank flush, and they hit the hose, and put about 12 holes in it. Of course as i went to use the black tank flush, i ended up washing the floors instead (thankfully it was only clean water leaking out before it got to the black tank). But my dealer looked at it, and replced everything that was part of that system. They replaced hoses, some valve, the attachment point, everything. No charge, and no trouble with it since. That makes it easier to somewhat "ignore". Sorry you have had worse luck. Oh by the way, i consider having to change the tires a good thing, those junk originals should be changed. I changed mine at 100 (yes 100, not a typo) miles.

Many of the repairs you noted are due to other manufacturers (e.g. Jensen for the DVD player) others are result of poor quality control and as others stated trying to produce a light product at a low price point.  I also have had issues (our POD is currently at a repair shop) but have found many other brands with similar issues.  I do not think your problems will be resolved by selling the RPOD and getting another brand unless you want to spend much more money.  Once all the obvious flaws are corrected you should be fine

I consider myself very fortunate.  Last week we returned from a 4050 mile trip to RMNP in Colorado.  Our 177 now has over 26,000 miles on it and really have no complaints outside of having to be agile in making the bed.  Then of course, some of the issues you have had, we don't have since ours was special ordered back in January 2011, ours came without the following: no A/C, no microwave/convection oven, no entertainment system.  We normally dry camp so those wouldn't be operational anyway.  We have used the furnace A LOT, and it still works fine.  While in RMNP night temps hovered between 36-39 degrees, the furnace kept us toasty inside.   Regardless of all my hob-gobble, hopefully you will be able to find another unit with less issues and more to your liking in the future.