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Forest River Cardinal Lighting problems by year

1 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Forest River Cardinal's lights. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Lighting complaints by model year

YearLighting complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest Cardinal lighting complaints

2006 Forest River CardinalLights

The overhead dc light was not working and the bulb was not burned out. I took the light fixture down and found a large scorched area on the soft ceiling. The phinalic (spelled wrong) spacer in the light fixture had crumbled and this was the cause for the bulb not working but this failure did not cause the scorching on the soft ceiling. I took pictures and sent them to a forest river representative but never heard back from them. I took the fixture and the pictures to the dealer I had purchased the rv from and...

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they did nothing. I have since put my own makeshift wood spacer in between the soft ceiling and the light fixture. If the phinalic spacer had not burned out I believe the ceiling would have eventually ignited. The scorching was significant. The public needs to be aware of this and there needs to be a resolution before there is a fire. *Tr

Filed Incident Interior lightingNHTSA 10251995

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