multiple problems with new Forest River

Ralph Cramden wrote:

newman fulltimer wrote:
so how is a cheap battery forest river? Have you bothered to check your crappy wfco converter for proper output seeing its as well not forest river.The ac thats not forest river needs taken off auto to stop coming on.The non forest river heater might need properly sealed

A cheap battery is installed by the dealer but if it has a draw somewhere due to wiring done by FOREST RIVER it's a FOREST RIVER issue just the same as if their is a problem with the crappy WFCO converter chosen and installed by FOREST RIVER. Perhaps FOREST RIVER wired the thermostat wrong (they seem to have a major problem wiring up a simple set of speakers correctly so something as uncomplicated as a stat may be impossible) and not sealing the furnace they, FOREST RIVER, installed, is solely a FR issue also. I suspect however rushed construction and collapsed heat ducts.

OP, you can try posting over at Forest River forums but be prepared to get blasted by the FR Kool Aid drinkers, as everything is always the buyers fault. You'll no doubt be told to drag it 2/3's of the way across the country to their owners group / manufacturers sponsored rally in Goshen IN next August and everything will be fixed. If youv read through the travel trailer section there, specifically the Wildwood section, you'll find you are not alone in being handed a host of build issues.

Forest River can make a decent unit once in a great while, but most are shipped with a myriad of problems.... Any perception that some lines are better than others is simply fantasy. RV's are a by product of their main business which is making money, and keeping Warren and the Berkshire Hathaway investors happy.

I have owned 2 Forest River products, a Palomino and our current Rockwood, and will never own anything manufactured by them again. Attempting to get resolution at the factory level is an exercise in frustration with most of their divisions. You need to be attempting to contact Wildwood division who makes the Heritage Glen line and not the general Forest River contacts.

In regards to the other post by the OP about the plant location, it's 900 County Rd 1 Elkhart IN. Wildwood / Heritage Glen has dealers around Northern CA, however most Forest River dealers will not service a unit they did not sell. There is a reason for that and I won't get into it. Unfortunatly two of them are Camping World who carry Wildwood.

The thermastat in That model in ALL trailers is programed to come on with heat on auto as a air circulator.You read your book it says to turn to hi or low to stop this feature .

As far as everyrhing but the water th op should have caught all this in that PDI that he paid for instead of taking ten minute run through so he can hurry up and take his trailer.