2020 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 2020 Forest River Flagstaff has 2 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 11 consumer complaints for this model year. Complaints are unverified reports, not confirmed failures.
- The latest campaign was received on November 19, 2019, 2,496 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
2 campaigns in total: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19V827000 | November 19, 2019 | Tires | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2020 Rockwood RLF8298KS and Flagstaff FLF8529RLS recreational trailers. Due to improper tire clearance, the tire may contact the steel chassis outrigger, possibly resulting… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new outrigger to achieve the proper tire clearance, and damaged tires will be replaced, free of charge. The… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 19V570000 | August 2, 2019 | Trailer Hitches | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Flagstaff and Cherokee Arctic Wolf recreational trailers equipped with MORyde Orbital or You Turn Rubber Pin Box Wedge Kits. The pin boxes may have been equipped… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the bolts and replace them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began August 27, 2019. Owners may contact… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
Complaints by component
11 unique complaints. The share is the number of unique complaints tagged to a component category divided by the 11 unique complaints for this model year. A complaint can name more than one component, so shares can add up to more than 100 percent.
| Component category | Complaints | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tires | 5 | 45% | |
| Unknown or Other | 4 | 36% | |
| Power Train | 2 | 18% | |
| Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | 1 | 9.1% | |
| Service Brakes | 1 | 9.1% | |
| Structure | 1 | 9.1% |
Complaint excerpts
The 5 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).
When forced to drive over a canvas tent bag, Due to traffic and road conditions. The tent bag wrapped around the drive shaft, ripped out the brake lines and the emergency brake lines damaged the master cylinder and damage the emergency brake mechanism in the cab of the RV. There should be protection under the vehicle so that does not happen! The loss of both types of brake systems could be catastrophic.
3500# axles added to a trailer with a gross weight of 3920#. Tires are severely worn on the inside from an undersized axel. Possible tire blow out if not corrected.
The structure supporting the fresh water tank is insufficient to carry the weight when full of water. The 36 inch long support bars sag ~2 inches when the tank is full, and the tank itself sags another 1.5 inches between the bars. There have been numerous accounts of these tanks detaching and falling out while travelling on the highway, posing a risk to other drivers.
The fabric side wall failed to keep my daughter safe as she slept in the camper. She fell out of the camper onto the hard, cold ground while she was sound asleep. She could have been seriously injured. The Velcro on the fabric was secured to the camper frame.
Subject Castle Rock Radial ST 205/75/R14 tire was running 10 degrees F. hotter (around 110 F) than the three sibling tires after about 30 minutes of travel. This had been the case for an earlier trip of approximately 275 interstate miles. All of these tires are original equipment and similarly used and maintained. The tire eventually exploded (see uploaded pics). Subsequent inspection shows a bubble had formed between layers of the tread portion of the tire. The failed tire is available for inspection. Tire pressure before traveling in the morning was 65 p.s.i. (this is [name removed] when in …
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 2020285 (June 25, 2020): Structure. Official page
Related model years
- 2019 Forest River Flagstaff
- 2021 Forest River Flagstaff
- Forest River Flagstaff, all years
- 2020 Forest River Cherokee (same class)
- 2020 Forest River Salem (same class)
- 2020 Forest River Wildwood (same class)
- 2020 Jayco Jay Flight (same class)
Source release: NHTSA September 19, 2026. Method version v1. How this page is built.
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