2017 Forest River Cedar Creek: recalls and complaints

Official NHTSA recall campaigns and consumer complaints for one RV model year, with the notice text and links to the source.

Key facts

  • The 2017 Forest River Cedar Creek has 4 NHTSA recall campaigns that list this model year.
  • No chassis mapping is recorded for this model year, so no chassis recalls are counted.
  • 0 equipment recalls are linked to it by reviewed rules.
  • NHTSA holds 3 consumer complaints for this model year. Complaints are unverified reports, not confirmed failures.
  • The latest campaign was received on June 4, 2024, 837 days before the NHTSA release of September 19, 2026.
  • RV class: Fifth wheel. Brand owner in this site's reference table: Forest River (medium confidence).

NHTSA records released through September 19, 2026; Transport Canada records through September 19, 2026. The absence of a recall in this dataset does not establish that a vehicle is safe.

Recall campaigns

4 campaigns in total: 4 listed for this model year, 0 inherited from the chassis and 0 equipment. Remedy text is quoted from the official notice; open the full notice for the whole text.

Campaigns that list the 2017 Forest River Cedar Creek
CampaignReceivedComponentSummaryRemedy (official text)TypeSources
24V395000 June 4, 2024 Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2004-2024 Cedar Creek and 2006-2024 Puma fifth wheels trailers. The overcurrent protection from the trailer battery may have been incorrectly routed, allowing the wires to be…
Dealers will reroute the wires to the protected side of the mini-beaker, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 10, 2024. Owners may contact Puma…
Vehicle Full notice
NHTSA
21V523000 July 9, 2021 Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River…
Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest…
Vehicle Full notice
NHTSA
17V756000 November 22, 2017 Equipment
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2003-2018 Forest River Berkshire, Charleston, Rockport, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Riverstone, Salem, Sandpiper, Sierra, Vengeance, Wildcat, Wildwood, XLR Boost, Cargo Mate,…
Forest River will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on December 27, 2017. Owners may…
Vehicle Full notice
NHTSA
16V762000 October 20, 2016 Suspension
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2017 Cedar Creek recreational trailers manufactured September 8, 2016, to September 19, 2016. The axles installed on these vehicles were incorrectly identified as…
All affected vehicles have been captured at the dealer level and are being repaired prior to sale. Therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this…
Vehicle Full notice
NHTSA

Complaints by component

3 unique complaints. The share is the number of unique complaints tagged to a component category divided by the 3 unique complaints for this model year. A complaint can name more than one component, so shares can add up to more than 100 percent.

Complaint components for the 2017 Forest River Cedar Creek
Component categoryComplaintsShareBar
Electrical System133%
Service Brakes133%
Tires133%
Wheels133%

Complaint excerpts

The 3 most recent complaints with a narrative. Names, emails, phone numbers, VINs and addresses are removed. Reports are unverified. NHTSA record set for this vehicle (JSON).

WE HAVE A 2017 CEDAR CREEK 38FBD WITH DUAL 7000 POUND AXLES AND OEM ALLOY WHEELS. THE SECOND OF MY FOUR ALLOY WHEELS CRACKED SOMETIME DURING THE 3 DAYS WE WERE SETUP AT COE RIVERSIDE PARK @ LAKE KANOPOLIS, KS. I FOUND THIS OUT WHEN MY AFTERMARKET TPMS ALARMED THAT THE TIRE WAS AT 5 PSI RATHER THAN NEAR 110PSI WHEN I TURNED IT ON. IF THE CRACK AND RESULTING PRESSURE LOSS HAD OCCURED WHILE WE WERE PULLING OUR FIFTH WHEEL, WE MAY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRAILER AND INJURED NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT OTHERS ON THE ROAD. AS I STATED, THIS IS THE SECOND WHEEL TO FAIL. THE PREVIOUS FAILURE WAS ABOUT …

ODI 11268618 · incident October 12, 2019 · filed October 15, 2019 · Wheels

VEHICLE IS A 2017 5TH WHEEL TRLR.. ON 7/12/2019 I WAS TOWING THE TRLR AT 70 MPH AND PULLED INTO A STOP. TRLR IS 2 AXLES AND THE RT. FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT WITH ABOUT A 7 INCH STRIP OF TREAD HANGING LOOSE AT THE JUNCTION OF THE TREAD/SIDEWALL. I REPLACED THE TIRE AT A COST OF $140.00. TIRE PRESSURE WAS 75 PSI AND THE AIR TEMP WAS 90 DEG. ON 7/14/2019 I HAD ANOTHER BLOWOUT WITH THE LEFT REAR TIRE AT 70MPH. THE TIRE CAME APART AND DAMAGE THE TRAILER FLOOR AND SIDE SKIRTING. THE AIR TEMP WAS 77 DEG. BOTH TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT GOODYEAR MARATHON'S ST 235/80R16 LOAD E. DOT 2VUN 1LHV. I INTEND …

ODI 11231809 · incident July 12, 2019 · filed July 14, 2019 · Tires

ON ONE OF THE FIRST TRIPS WITH THE FIFTH WHEEL WE WERE TRAVELING AND WHILE IN MOTION, SUDDENLY LOST ALL TRAILER BRAKES. WE WERE ON A TOWN STREET, IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE FUNCTIONAL AND THE FIFTH WHEEL HAD POWER. WHEN MY HUSBAND CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF HE COULD DETERMINE THE ISSUE HE FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL LINE TO THE BRAKES WAS NOT SPLICED TOGETHER PROPERLY AND HAD COME APART. MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO TAPE THE APPROPRIATE WIRES TOGETHER SO THAT THE BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONAL AND THE …

ODI 11093206 · incident April 21, 2018 · filed May 10, 2018 · Electrical System, Service Brakes

Chassis

Towable RVs have no chassis maker, so no chassis recalls apply.

Canadian notices

Transport Canada publishes its own notices with their own IDs. They are separate records from the U.S. campaigns above and are never merged with them.

Source release: NHTSA September 19, 2026. Method version v1. How this page is built.

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