Responding to several posts here: It sounds like the Pod was bought in WV and taken either on a vacation or a move to Oregon. Why it's no longer in WV doesn't really matter. All camper trailers are meant to be moved from place to place, often over great distances. That's really kinda what their all about. So buying in Ohio and wanting warranty service at home in Florida isn't the issue here. The guy bought at home in WV (although that close to Crouch's... maybe he did buy it there. But that's not what he said, and I think the assumption should be that he bought it at home and took a trip with it to the west coast. Again, that's what one does with travel trailers.
I agree and want to emphasize that this isn't a Forest River problem, but one that's industry-wide. It's really kind of ridiculous that a travel trailer made by a company with the dealership network Forest River has can't manage warranty repairs anywhere but at the selling dealership. That doesn't change the reality of the situation for the OP though.
And another thing, what the heck is the deal with keeping a camper for 2.5 months for $118 in repairs. From what I've heard, that's not too atypical. If you took my truck in for warranty repairs and they kept if for 2.5 months there'd be hell to pay. I know people often don't use their trailers for months a time but they also have issues with them while they're on the road....
$118 for repairs that weren't covered under warranty... Well, I guess I might be a little miffed at having to pay, but I'd be frigging outraged that they kept my rig for over two months to do probably less than two hours work on it. (There were probably parts and materials, right?)
I got my Pod used, without a warranty, and, knock on wood, I haven't really had any big issues that were beyond my abilities to take care of.
It seems to me the OP has a legitimate complaint. Given the reality of the situation, his complaint probably should be directed at the dealer who sold him the Pod, but, bigger picture, the industry needs to do a lot better about honoring warranties beyond the selling dealer and they need to do better about service in general. Seems to me...
TT