Looking for opinions, good or bad, on Forest River Wildcats

Wow those sound horrible.

Wow, Didn't realize I bought such a lemon .

Mine was bought new in 2006. It has been a good value for it's relatively low price.

Lets see if I can remember what has gone wrong since I bought it....

I have replaced three water heater elements ( a couple could have beeen my fault).
The furnace would not light one year (repaired by shop).
The air conditioner started acting up on a trip across the south (replaced by shop near Houston).
I replaced the, kind of dim, stop lights that came with it new, with very bright L.E.D. tail/stop lights. (The old ones worked, but the new ones get noticed at stop lights better)
The connector on the umbilical cord between trailer & truck was becoming corroded, so I replaced the cord. (miss wireing corrected by shop)

OK, now I am up to 2015.
Two of the yellow clearance lights stopped working.
The magic smoke escaped from the microwave oven, after years of abuse.
I was looking for a relacement oven when I saw your post.

But now the bad stuff. The kind of things I can't make light of.

Over this past winter, the RV developed a leak in the right rear corner.
The trim in this area does not overlap the plastic sides, so the only thing keeping water out is a bead of sealent filling the gap between the plastic side, and the rear trim. (the repair shop assures me that the leak is fixed)

Sometimes when I drive in the rain, the floor gets wet in front of the slide. I have replaced the gasket that seals the closed slide to frame fit, and readjusted the rod that pulls the slide in. I hope that fixes it.

So that has been my experience with a Wildcat camper over the past nine years, with three trips traveling coast to coast (Atlantc to Pacific), and many weekend trips.

I think I bought the right camper, others may not.
You pay your money, and take your chances...Jim

P.S. I have to buy a microwave, we are going to Maine next month.

Ours has officially reached POC (piece of crap) status.

My wife and I went into a dealer a few weeks ago when camping. We fell in love with the 295RSX. We sold our travel trailer and were on the hunt to find one closer. We ended up at an Open Range dealer and walked into a 311FLR that made the Maxx look cheap!! We went back and looked at many other units just to be sure and ended up in the FLR. Out of the 4 trailers we have had so far this is the first I have never said "I wish we had???"

Chris

When we were looking for a new fiver earlier this year, we looked at a 2012 and 2014 used Wildcat. Both has signs of water leakage around the slides.

I have worked on and have owned a FR products and wouldn't buy one or take one if it was free.

You will hear good, you will hear bad on ANY make/manufacturer. Check on the Wildcat forum and also on the FROG (Forest River Owners Group) and see what kind of responses you will get or look at the responses you can find already posted.

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I put them in the same category as the FLAGSTAFF and COUGAR versions... They all look identical on the inside...

Roy Ken

not a Maxx...but I have a 2015 Wildcat 317RL

Couple of small leaks fixed, rear camera/clearance light and one bed room window. I've been in several long down pours since with no more leaks. The dealer I bought it from re-seals all windows...so this may have helped prevent any issues.

I have the BAL frame with 16" Maxxis tire.

So far I'm very happy with the unit...lot of features for the money.

Had one, wouldn't buy another one.

Leaked like a sieve.

Friends bought also (we ordered 3 at the same time) and every one had delam and leaks.