Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Forest River Georgetown and FR3 motorhomes, 2018-2019 Berkshire motorhomes and 2018 Charleston motorhomes. The motorized windshield roller shade at the driver's seating position may unroll...
Visibility & wipers
Forest River Georgetown Visibility problems by year
19 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Forest River Georgetown's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
Visibility complaints by model year
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Latest Georgetown visibility complaints
When parked and level at a campsite the windshield cracked from the bottom up. You can not feel the crack on the inside or outside of the glass and nothing hit it. The RV had been parked and leveled in the same exact spot for 9 days, when we woke up on day 10 the crack was there.
"Frameless", rear, fixed, upper window pane (Lippert brand), detached from its bonding and flew off the motorhome while in motion on the highway. Fortunately no one was struck with this. Unable to retrieve since we never knew exactly where and when it happened..
Front power shade lowered without warning while driving on i-95 at speed. Had to stop in the travel lane due to complete blindness caused by the complete lowering of the shade.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 forest river georgetown. The contact stated that the windshield suddenly shattered while parked. The vehicle was taken to an independent glass dealer for the replacement of the windshield. The windshield fractured 14 different times after the repair. The technician at the glass dealer stated that there may be a defect with the frame around the windshield. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000....Updated 06/05/12 *bf the consumer stated the windshield was broken when he received the rv. Updated 06/18/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 forest river georgetown rv. The contact stated the front windshield glass detached. The front windshield was reset three times and replaced once by an independent auto glass shop. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 8,000.
Our motorhome front cap moves when using the levelers. The right windshield has broken twice and the left broke while sitting in a storage lot on level ground. (Levelers not extended)i informed the forestriver retail warranty people and they act as they have not heard of this problem. They told me to bring it by the shop and they would take a look at it. Only one problem.They are over 2000 miles away and the motorhome cannot be driven with broken windshields.They also said that using the automatic levelers can put...
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a undue twist to the front cap and cause this problem. If that is the case. Why have that feature installed? This is a major manufacturer defect. It should be repaired by the manufacturer. *Tr
The windshield upper top right and left corner is peeling away from the frame. The windshield repair shop tells me that it was defective installation at the manufacturer. *Kb
I have a 2004 georgetown 370 ts.It has been to factory five times for the windshield coming out and cracking top left corner. The problem first time was may 2005 windshield cracked top left. Ask factory if there was a problem ? No first time to factory jan.06 Windshield cracked top left corner,gasket had moved. Factory asked to get it back. Second time back windshield moved to the left pulled away from front cap top right. Came back to me from factory with gasket pulled out top right. Third time back to fix...
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gaskets and leaks. Forth time in 08 to repair windshield gasket top right pulled away. They installed a brace from side to side top of front cap and repaired leak roof over left side . The brace broke in the first one hundred fifty miles. Fifth time back to factory repair front cap,side walls inside motor home, repair brace that broke , roof leaks and replace dash board that rotted from water leak . It is at a dealer now for roof rotten over driver side factory wants to cover up. Windshield moving again. Mold is growing in floor around drive side. *Tr
We purchased a 2005 forest river georgetown model 359xl motorhome in march 2006. We have had the left side windshield crack from the top corner 3 times within the past year. All 3 times the windshield broke while we were parked in a campground. Now the right side of the windshield is pulling out of the frame. The motor home is not safe to drive in this condition. In addition the roof leaks around the windshield on both sides. Contacted the manufacturer forest river and was told the only remedy is to drive it from...
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georgia to indiana and they will look at it. I will need to replace the windshield at a cost of $1000 in order to do this and the windshield will most likely break during the trip. This is unacceptable. *Tr
WINDSHIELD COMING OUT, LEAKS IN ROOF. *TR
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 forest river georgetown. The contact stated that this was the second time that the windshield top outer corners cracked while the vehicle was parked on the campgrounds. Forest river advised her to call georgetown; however, no one could be reached. The failure mileage was unknown.
Windshields stress crack I told by glass shops that it is a problem and that they won't install them I finally found someone to install them they told me that forest river has a problem with georgetown windshields stress cracking do to the structure of the motorhomes I don't know what to do or who to contact about this or if there is something already being done to correct this problem . *Tr
Windshield migrates out of the frame during normal use. Windshield was replaced in texas. A month later an angle bracket was mounted to the inside middle of the dash to prevent further migration of windshield in california. A few months later the front "cap" of the roof developed a "leak" which was "past" the one year warranty and repaired for approx. $2000. I drove rv for 650 miles to idaho. The first fall the front "cap" leaked yet again. Dealer refused to repair for free. I placed a tarp over it for the winter....
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My wife had surgery which took all my time. This summer I noticed that the windshield had migrated out of the frame . This time it was the top of the windshield probably due to the "angle bracket" on the bottom which stopped the migration of the windshield in that location. I called the nearest dealer and was told that the manufacturer was aware of the problem and had a "fix". The rv has to be transported to indiana at the owners expense to have the repair done at no charge. I explained to the consumer warranty representative of rorestriver that I am in no position to deliver the rv to indiana. I had a injury that disabled me from "working" the rest of my life. I was unable to drive long distances. I now live on disability payments and find it very difficult to set aside the required expenses to make such a trip. *Jb
Dt*: the contact stated on two separate occasions, the windshield cracked without any impact. The dealer replaced the windshield and identified the frame of the windshield as defective, causing the cracks. Updated 8/16/2006 - the consumer was making a left hand turn when the passenger's side of the windshield cracked. The right side of the windshield popped out in addition to about 30 cracks and shatters on the right side. The dealer inspected the vehicle and agreed it was a manufacturing defect, but since...
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the vehicle was no longer under warranty they couldn't repair it free of charge. Two years prior to this incident the driver's side of the windshield did the same thing and was replaced by the manufacturer. The manufacturer wanted the consumer to drive the rv 2000 miles to be inspected but the consumer fells the rv is unsafe to drive. *Nm
Purchased 2005 forest river georgetown (which turned out to be 2004 model) and took delivery in april 2005. Have had numerous problems with this rv and it has been in dealers shop 3 times for windshield replacement/repair. Windshield was also replaced 1st time in august, 2005 in owosso michigan. Other problems have been with all three slide-outs, one of which was not extending all the way and daylight could be observed at bottom. After departing dealership nov 18 and arriving at destination late in afternoon...
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the opposite windshield fractured, cascading from top to bottom with spider cracks across and down. Now the factory, forest river expects me to bring this rv from california to indiana in the winter so they can "tear it down and find the problem". If their dealers are not able to make the repair and have admitted there is a design flaw, the 2200 mile trip in my "home" is out of the question. I have my personal property after becoming a full-time rv person. Now there have been 2 stress fractures on the drivers side and 1 on the passenger side. The driver's side also had the top of the second new window bulging out at the top of the frame and the band-aid approach was taken with this repair. This coach has also had numerous other problems indicating poor workmanship on the part of forest river along with poor quality control. I have had over 65 days in down time now since my taking possession - 65 days accumulated in less than 7 months. I see on this site that this is not the only georgetown and also on another site there have been issues with these rv's from 1999 that the factory has been aware of and apparently have done nothing. One was even repaired in ripon, ca, less than a 10 mile radius from the dealer which sold me my rv. *Jb
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