AI DamageForest River Blue Ridge: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Forest River Blue Ridge across 6 model years: 13 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.
Model years
What fails most often
- 1 Structure 62% of all complaints
- 2 Wheels 31% of all complaints
- 3 Tires 23% of all complaints
- 4 Equipment 15% of all complaints
- 5 Suspension 8% of all complaints
- Structure: 8 complaints (62% of all).
- Wheels: 4 complaints (31% of all).
- Tires: 3 complaints (23% of all).
- Equipment: 2 complaints (15% of all).
- Suspension: 1 complaints (8% of all).
Symptoms owners describe
How many of the 13 NHTSA complaints mention each symptom (automatic count from complaint text; one complaint can mention several).
Components owners complain about
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
2016 forest river blue ridge. Consumer writes in regards to nhtsa safety recall 21v-523.
This time our family member behind see the tire blow and we pull over...unfortunately we are out of spares. We replace all tires with a different brand from a local brand who helped get us out of danger. Terrible tires and goodyear blames us.
Marathon tires on blue ridge 5th wheel. Tire blew on [address] travel speed was aprox 45 mph. Tire were maintained at proper air pressure and checked before starting travel. No unusual road conditions were observed. No debris was noticed on the highly traveled road.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 forest river blue ridge. The contact stated that the storage doors opened upwards instead of downwards, which caused rain water to enter. The dealer (smallwood's trailers and campers, 4305 us-45 jackson, [ZIP]) advised the contact to bring the camper in for a trade in.
After about 45 minutes, we got off I-[address] 27 and after about 3 blocks, a tire on the right side of the trailer blew out. My husband changed to the spare tire and we continued on our journey home. About 300 miles later and about 45 minutes from home another tire blew out.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 forest river blue ridge camper being hauled by a 2015 gmc sierra 3500. The contact stated that the weight distribution was not properly specified by the manufacturer. The ratings did not match the camper for the appropriate weight distribution.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Structure. Rails, pillars, panel gaps, signs of pulling or welding.
- Wheels. Wheel runout, cracks, signs of a wheel strike.
- Tires. Tire age by DOT code, bulges, wear pattern.
- Suspension. Wheel alignment, control arms, subframe, even tire wear.
Other models of this make
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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.