Poor Forest River quality control |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3227 |
Topic: Poor Forest River quality control Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 6:17pm |
Agree with Podster. If damage is apparent the dealer should either swap yours out for another one, under warranty, or fess up and make the necessary fixes and adjustments, on his nickel.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 5:31pm |
My understanding is the the DEALER is suppose to check ALL systems prior to delivery, for this very reason.
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 3:23pm |
Wow! And I thought that the drain plumbing under the sink not being tightened properly was bad. My condolences. I hope you got things dried out well before any damage was done. In our case, the drain plumbing connectors were loose, and water leaked out and into the drawers beneath the sink. The middle drawer caught the bulk of the water. Unfortunately, we had two brand-new cookbooks in there. They got soaked. We were able to dry them out, but the pages are all wrinkled so that it does not lie quite as flat as it should. There are also water stains.
Forest River does have a disclaimer that it is the owner's responsibility to check the plumbing connections. However, this should not be an excuse for them to skip the QA checks before it ships. This should have been caught before it left the factory. Your problem should also have been caught before it left the factory. We have a 2016 179. Under the right side of the countertop where the shelves are is a panel that conceals both the shore power plug-in port and the connections for the outside shower. The pipes for the shower were installed just pulled up and screwed to the back of the shower. They were not fully tight, so this leaked just a little. When I had the panel out, I took the pipes off and installed 90 degree elbows so that the pipes would connect straight instead of bending. I figure that there would be less stress on them and they would be more likely to not leak this way. I also checked all of the plumbing fittings I could get to. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 2:34pm |
I would check the straps and brackets that mount the water tanks. Search this forum for problems and fixes. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 2:31pm |
Hello?????? FR? Anybody there? This is inexcusable..... You're ruining a very good brand!
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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dr.becky
Newbie Joined: 13 Apr 2016 Location: UT Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 2:16pm |
We pcked our 179 up on Tuesday. Our water supply lines were not hooked up. Needs caulk re done in several places. What other items should we check?
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4508 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 1:35pm |
That would be annoying!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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Okeefjr
Newbie Joined: 09 Apr 2016 Location: Townsend Tn Online Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
Posted: 17 Apr 2016 at 1:02pm |
Hate to bad mouth Forest River but don't think much of their quality control.
We picked up our 2017 179 yesterday at Big Daddy's RV and stopped at Indian mountain state park for our first night shakedown. I decided to fill the fresh water tank so I stuck the hose in and turned on the faucet. Started doing other things setting up and heard wife inside screaming, there's water pouring out on floor from under the bed.I looked at the filler opening for the fresh water tank and nothing was coming out the vent hole. I then had to take out the bed to get to the plumbing. The vent hose coming out of the top of the water tank blew off at the inside of the the filler connection,no hose clamp was put on at the factory. Bad job Forest River!
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