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    Posted: 29 May 2012 at 11:36pm
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This is the Official How to do a recall.  In no place does it mention Facebook.  Also it is putting the burden on the owner to contact Forest River.  How many owners do not know about the Facebook page or care about it.  My Rpod is one of the ones that are affected but it now has a different Address then when I purchased it in 2009.  BUT IF Forest River pulls the DMV records they would have the updated address.  How many others will fall through the cracks?
 
Facebook isn't considered an official notification method.  Think they are doing it  for public relation reasons.  But bet using facebook will just have 573.6 bite them.
Just have to wait for NHTSA to assign the official ODI # associated with the recall, and should be able to get the official information direct from NHTSA and will know what accepted remedy plan and notification method is.   But if I remember correctly per 49 CFR 573.8 they have to send notices out to registered owners in state DMV records, unless someone (maybe same guy who had tape measure) decides the trailer isn't a motor vehicle and doesn't have to use DMV records. sigh.....   But won't know for sure untill we see the official recall posting from NHTSA.
 
 
 
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I will know how they get the address that they send the notices to as I have access to both.  As Long as your Trailer is registered Bill-GA you should receive a notice in the mail but Forest River has not yet been issued the ODI # yet from NHTSA.  Forest River needs approval on everything from the envolope they will be mailing the notice in to the actual letter they will be sending.  it can take upwards of 30 days before they start mailing.  Hold off send your contact information 
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This is the Official How to do a recall.  In no place does it mention Facebook.  Also it is putting the burden on the owner to contact Forest River.  How many owners do not know about the Facebook page or care about it.  My Rpod is one of the ones that are affected but it now has a different Address then when I purchased it in 2009.  BUT IF Forest River pulls the DMV records they would have the updated address.  How many others will fall through the cracks?
 
Facebook isn't considered an official notification method.  Think they are doing it  for public relation reasons.  But bet using facebook will just have 573.6 bite them.
Just have to wait for NHTSA to assign the official ODI # associated with the recall, and should be able to get the official information direct from NHTSA and will know what accepted remedy plan and notification method is.   But if I remember correctly per 49 CFR 573.8 they have to send notices out to registered owners in state DMV records, unless someone (maybe same guy who had tape measure) decides the trailer isn't a motor vehicle and doesn't have to use DMV records. sigh.....   But won't know for sure untill we see the official recall posting from NHTSA.
 
 
 
 
Are you telling me me I don't need to register the Trailer?  I have a tape measure :) Sorry I just could not resist.  My other Camper I do not need toregister as It is a truck Camper and sits on the truck.
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Originally posted by rpodcamper.com

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This is the Official How to do a recall.  In no place does it mention Facebook.  Also it is putting the burden on the owner to contact Forest River.  How many owners do not know about the Facebook page or care about it.  My Rpod is one of the ones that are affected but it now has a different Address then when I purchased it in 2009.  BUT IF Forest River pulls the DMV records they would have the updated address.  How many others will fall through the cracks?
 
Facebook isn't considered an official notification method.  Think they are doing it  for public relation reasons.  But bet using facebook will just have 573.6 bite them.
Just have to wait for NHTSA to assign the official ODI # associated with the recall, and should be able to get the official information direct from NHTSA and will know what accepted remedy plan and notification method is.   But if I remember correctly per 49 CFR 573.8 they have to send notices out to registered owners in state DMV records, unless someone (maybe same guy who had tape measure) decides the trailer isn't a motor vehicle and doesn't have to use DMV records. sigh.....   But won't know for sure untill we see the official recall posting from NHTSA.
 
 
 
 
Are you telling me me I don't need to register the Trailer?  I have a tape measure :) Sorry I just could not resist.  My other Camper I do not need toregister as It is a truck Camper and sits on the truck.
 
Guess I should have said "unless guy at FR in charge of tape measure decides trailer isn't a motor vehicle",  or "same guy who thought axle width doesn't count in a trailers width....' (but you get the idea.)   After all the conversations I have had will all parties involved, nothing would surprise me at this point.  
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Originally posted by rpodcamper.com

 
This is the Official How to do a recall.  In no place does it mention Facebook.  Also it is putting the burden on the owner to contact Forest River.  How many owners do not know about the Facebook page or care about it.  My Rpod is one of the ones that are affected but it now has a different Address then when I purchased it in 2009.  BUT IF Forest River pulls the DMV records they would have the updated address.  How many others will fall through the cracks?
 
If it weren't for these forums how many others would have fallen through those same cracks?
 
A majority of people now who know about this recall likely read about it on one of the forums or via facebook.  It's just a fast way for them to pass along information to large number of owners at once.
 
 
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Anyone got their letter yet? Should I be calling/e-mailing them?
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None here.
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Give it time.  Forest River needs to have everything approvied by the Government.  We will be seeing something soon.
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I wish they would hurry up.  But the government rarely move fast.

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http://www.regulations.gov/#%21documentDetail;D=NHTSA-2011-0040-0038
this is the link to the NHTSA ruling on the light issue for Forest River and R Pod lights not being in compliance.  the document has an issue date of May 16, 2012 require FR to notify customers of a recall.  So it will take some time for everything to fall into place with recalls.  I sent this copy to my dealer so that they were up to date with the situation which they were not aware of.
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