Forest River Report Card

"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics"

Anyone can make the numbers look to be in their favor if they try. I do know that FR isn't "the best" in some categories that matter to me. But they are good enough, so to speak. We have no complaints about our Pod, and have nothing but good experience in our dealings with FR. 

I really never understand Pod bashing.. people buy the least expensive, fully featured, TT in it's class/size, then moan when it turns out they didn't get an Airstream for 1/3 to 1/4 the money.

   Thank you, Camper Bob and CharlieM your last two posts make more sense. I agree the auto industry is way ahead of the RV industry when it comes to quality. There is a RV manufacture rating somewhere I had looked at before on the internet and think it may of been more in truth with customer satisfaction. That was when I was interested in Outdoor RV and that company had a good rating along with some others but I don't remember Forest River being near the top. Not putting Forest River down they have some good campers compared to several other manufactures. We very happy with the quality of our R-pod.    I found the site I mentioned for RV manufacture ratings   rv-coach.com

Charliem
If you had read my post a little more carefully, the report was not written by FR but by Statistical Surveys, Inc. Easy enough to miss it, but there it is. Nowhere does it address quality, which I think we can all agree, leaves something to be desired. That being said, the entire RV industry has a problem with quality. As has been mentioned on this forum in the past, if only the RV industry was held to the same standards as the auto industry is now. The Japanese have shown us up in the past in that respect. Now, I believe, the US auto manufacturers have finally gotten the message. I had also posted a message about our friends who purchased an upmarket 40' diesel pusher for over $250K and have had a number of problems with it. He finally wrote the President of the company. The company arranged to pick up his RV and repaired over 90 discrepancies that needed to be addressed. No matter the cost, the RV industry has a loose idea of quality control. Price is all important. Overall I give FR good marks for addressing problems. Never will they or any other RV manufacturers be perfect. Safe Travels.

Nowhere did I see #1 in quality, but then, FR wrote the report. Jayco has a similar report out.........................