2017 Forest River Flagstaff: 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 Flagstaff has 7 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 4 consumer complaints for this model year. Complaints are unverified reports, not confirmed failures.
- The latest campaign was received on October 26, 2017, 3,250 days before the NHTSA release of September 19, 2026.
- RV class: Travel trailer. 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
7 campaigns in total: 7 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.
| Campaign | Received | Component | Summary | Remedy (official text) | Type | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17V677000 | October 26, 2017 | Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Rockwood and Flagstaff travel trailers. The slide room arm may contact and damage the passenger side rear tire. | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a lift kit to elevate the chassis and replace any tire that has evidence of damage, free of charge. The recall… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V235000 | April 7, 2017 | Equipment: Other | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Rockwood and Flagstaff recreational vehicles. The Federal Placard may indicate an incorrect Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) of 2,200 lbs when the correct GAWR actually… | Forest River will notify owner's, and dealers will install a corrected Federal Placard, free of charge. The recall began on April 21, 2017. Owner's may contact Forest… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V172000 | March 14, 2017 | Equipment: Other | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Flagstaff and Rockwood recreational trailers. The Federal Placard on these vehicles indicates a capacity of 5,000 lbs for each axle, however, each axle actually has a… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Federal Placard with a corrected one, free of charge. The recall began on March 27, 2017. Owners may… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V129000 | March 1, 2017 | Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Rockwood and Flagstaff recreational trailers. The slide room mounting bracket on these vehicles may contact the driver side front tire, potentially damaging it and… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a rearward offset mounting bracket head to keep the slide room bracket from touching the tire, free of charge.… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 16V728000 | October 12, 2016 | Equipment: Appliance | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2017 Flagstaff and Rockwood trailers equipped with two air conditioners. There is may be excess slack in the wiring harness used in the air conditioner that… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit to constrain the wires, free of charge. The recall began on November 1, 2016. Owners may contact… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 16V549000 | July 22, 2016 | Equipment: Other | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2017 Rockwood and Flagstaff trailers manufactured July 8, 2016, to July 11, 2016. The affected vehicles are equipped with a Federal Placard that incorrectly… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will provide a corrected Federal Placard, free of charge. The recall began on September 18, 2015. Owners may contact Forest… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 16V450000 | June 21, 2016 | Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Flagstaff recreational trailers manufactured August 11, 2015, through October 27, 2015, and Work N' Play recreational trailers manufactured from October… | Forest River will notify owners. A remedy plan has not been determined. The recall began on August 1, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
Complaints by component
4 unique complaints. The share is the number of unique complaints tagged to a component category divided by the 4 unique complaints for this model year.
| Component category | Complaints | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structure | 2 | 50% | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 25% | |
| Wheels | 1 | 25% |
Complaint excerpts
The 4 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).
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 [removed] FLAGSTAFF SHAMROCK MOTOR HOME. WHILE THE MOTOR HOME WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE 450 POUND WATER TANK FELL WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT NO ONE ANSWERED THE PHONE. THE CONTACT LEFT VOICE MESSAGES AND TWO EMAILS, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000. *AS CONSUMER STATED IT IS 21 FT LONG THE MODEL NUMBER IS 21 SS. I'M ATTACHING THE PICTURES OF THE TANK. I DON'T HAVE …
ON FRIDAY 4/12/2019, AT ABOUT 12:30 PM, MY WIFE AN I WERE RETURNING HOME FROM VACATION AND PULLING OUR 2017 FOREST RIVER FLAGSTAFF TRAILER ON I-27 JUST SOUTH ON LUBBOCK TX WHEN THE TRAILER' RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FENDER SKIRT. THE WEATHER WAS ABOUT 71 DEGREES AND TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH, ON STRAIGHT ROADWAY. TIRES PROPERLY INFLATED AND NO HARSH ROAD CONDITIONS. *DT CONSUMER STATED NO TIRE SENSORS ON THE TRAILER.*JB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FOREST RIVER FLAGSTAFF. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRAILER'S FENDER DETACHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO COATES RV CENTER ([address removed], CLOQUET, MN) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FENDER HAD FRACTURED, WHICH WEAKENED THE INTEGRITY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE MISSING FENDER BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED ON THE TRAILER AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.
CHECKING WIRING IN ELECTRICAL BOX AT FRONT OF TRAILER I DISCOVERED THAT THE WIRE FROM THE BRAKE BREAKAWAY SWITCH WAS NOT CONNECTED. THE TOW BRAKE WIRE, THE TRAILER BRAKES WIRE AND THE SWITCH ARE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE CRIMPED INTO A SINGLE CONNECTOR. THE SWITCH WIRE WAS TWISTED AROUND THE OTHER TWO - BUT NOT INTO THE CRIMP. THUS THE SWITCH WOULD NOT HAVE FUNCTION AND WAS NOT LIKELY TESTED. A FAMILY MEMBER OWNS A SIMILAR TRAILER, MADE AT THE SAME FACTORY THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, EXCEPT IT WAS THE MAIN BRAKE WIRE THAT WASN'T IN THE CRIMP.
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.
- Notice 2017139 (March 14, 2017): Structure. Official page
- Notice 2017512 (October 20, 2017): Tires. Official page
Related model years
- 2016 Forest River Flagstaff
- 2018 Forest River Flagstaff
- Forest River Flagstaff, all years
- 2017 Airstream Basecamp (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Cherokee (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Rockwood (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Salem (same class)
Source release: NHTSA September 19, 2026. Method version v1. How this page is built.
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