2002 Forest River Wildwood Problems, Complaints & Recalls
- Compared with other Wildwood years
- Not enough data 7th of 31 for complaints
- Safety recalls
- 1 recall: check your VIN
- NHTSA crash rating
- Not rated
Owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA about the 2002 Forest River Wildwood. That ranks 7th out of 31 Wildwood model years for complaints. The most reported problem area is tires (3 complaints, 60%), typically at around 9,000 miles. There is 1 safety recall covering this model year. NHTSA has opened 1 defect investigation involving it.
- 5owner complaints
- 1safety recalls
- 1NHTSA investigations
- 0complaints mentioning a crash
Complaints are unverified owner reports and are not adjusted for sales volume.
Most common 2002 Forest River Wildwood problems
Complaints grouped by the part of the car owners reported, with the median mileage when the problem happened.
| Problem area | Complaints | Share | Median miles | Owners mention most | Typical repair cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 3 | 60% | 9,000 | — | — |
| Equipment | 1 | 20% | — | — | — |
| Suspension | 1 | 20% | — | — | — |
One complaint can list several problem areas, so shares can add up to more than 100%.
Complaints by year received
2002 Forest River Wildwood recalls (1)
Tap a recall to see the problem, the risk and the fix.
Equipment:recreational vehicle/trailer
Problem: Certain recreational vehicles equipped with a two-door refrigerator, manufactured by the dometic corporation, may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into an area where an ignition source (gas flame) is present.
Risk: Release of coolant under certain conditions could ignite and result in a fire.
Fix: Forest river will be working with dometic in order to repair these refrigerators (please see 06e076). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge. Dometic has retained stericycle inc. To manage this campaign. Stericycle will assist you in locating dealerships or service centers and will provide assistance with scheduling of appointments. Owners may contact dometic/stericycle at 1-888-446-5157 or forest river at 1-574-389-4600,
To see whether a specific car still has an open recall, enter its VIN on NHTSA's official recall lookup. You can also decode a VIN here.
NHTSA defect investigations
- Road wheel & tire failures (PE02065) — opened Sep 6, 2002, closed Jan 9, 2003.
Recent owner reports
Short excerpts of the latest complaints filed with NHTSA, with personal details removed. Full reports can be searched on NHTSA.gov.
I received a recall notice from forest river, who is the manufacturer of my travel trailer that dometic has found a problem with the refrigerator in my trailer and that there is a potential leak that can develop and cause a fire. After contacting dometic and finding out that my unit is one of the…
We took our vacation this year and went to canada. When i set up our camper, i noticed we had a tire with a bulge in the side wall. We did find a dealer in canada that handede these tires and got it replaced. The dealer told us that carlslile had lots of problems with the tires we had on our…
Returning home from new hampshire vacation and was traveling approx. 60 mph when we heard a loud thud and looked in the side mirror and saw that the right front tire cap blew off the tire and ripped off our forest river 36ckss 5th wheel travel trailers fender skirt and damaged the undercarriage of…
I was driving home from a trip in the mojave desert and stopped for fuel at hwy 395 and hwy 58 intersection. I noticed that one of my trailer tires had no tread left on it and that the other one was starting to wear very badly on the outside edge. It was the right rear tire that lost its tread and…
Blew carlisle 225x75x15 load range "d" tire and damaged my trailer. I paid for a replacement tire, and did not seek a replacement from carlisle because the tire was completely destroyed. While at the trailer dealer getting a bid on repairs i found another tire with a separation. I sent this back to…
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Frequently asked questions
What are the most common problems with the 2002 Forest River Wildwood?
Owners most often report tires, equipment, suspension problems. The top one, tires, accounts for 3 complaints.
Was there a recall on the 2002 Forest River Wildwood?
Yes, 1 safety recall. Enter your VIN at NHTSA.gov to check whether the repairs were done on your car.
Was the 2002 Forest River Wildwood a good year?
Complaint data can't fully answer that, because counts aren't adjusted for sales. Compared with other Wildwood model years, the 2002 has too little data to compare. Always get a pre-purchase inspection and check the VIN for open recalls.