Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2017 XLR Toyhauler and Prime Time Spartan recreational fifth-wheel vehicles manufactured August 21, 2016, to December 12, 2016. The affected vehicles have rear cargo door hinges with welds on...
2014-2017 · 4 model years
Prime Time Spartan Problems by year
Owners have filed 4 complaints about the Prime Time Spartan across 4 model years, and it has 3 recalls. The 2016 has the most complaints once its age is allowed for (3), while 2014 has far fewer than a typical year. The most reported problem area is the wheels & tires.
- Complaints
- 4
- Recalls
- 3
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Spartan complaints by model year
Highlighted: the year with the most complaints for its age. Older vehicles have had more time to collect complaints - the Safety Index grade allows for that.
Most common Spartan problems
Prime Time Spartan recalls 3
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 FR3 motorhomes manufactured September 24, 2014, to May 12, 2016; 2015-2017 Prime Time Spartan toyhaulers manufactured June 10, 2014, to May 31, 2016; 2013-2016 Palomino Columbus...
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016 Prime Time recreational trailers, models FHT2614X, FHT2910 and FHT2912X, manufactured September 14, 2015, to December 17, 2015. The affected vehicles may be equipped with a Federal...
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Latest Spartan complaints
2016 Spartan 300 toyhauler with schwintek slide, the front (left when facing) motor mounting bracket lost all of the mounting screws during travel allowing the front portion to extend at highway speed.Wire & weather stripping damaged, bent parts..Forest river/primetime advised..Serious hazard to self & public, no recall found for this unit but plenty involving this schwintek slide & mounting screws. *Tr*jb
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 prime time spartan 1234x equipped with power king towmax sp tires, size: 235/80/r16 (na). While driving approximately 65 mph, the contacted noticed that a vehicle behind him was flashing their headlights. The contact looked in the rearview mirror and noticed that the front passenger side tire tread had separated, which caused the tire to blow out. The contact replaced the tire with a spare tire and returned the tire to the camping world of lafayette, louisiana dealer. The dealer repaired...
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the wiring harness and circuit board for the refrigerator due to the damage caused by the tire blow out. The tire was also replaced. In addition, the finder was badly damaged and had not been repaired. The failure recurred after having the tires checked. The failure also occurred to the middle passenger side tire. The tire was replaced. The contact stated that the failure occurred a third time to the front driver side tire. The tire minder did not alert the contact of any temperatures and tire pressures not being of standard requirements. The tire was replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The dot number was unknown. The approximate failure mileage of the vehicle and tires was 3,000.
All 4 tires failed. I was pulling the trailer at 65 mph on i95 in south carolina when the tires failed one by one within 1 week.
Left home for a weekend trip to bandera texas with my fifth wheel rv. Checked all tire pressures prior to pulling out to make sure they were all at manfacture spec's (80psi) got approx. 40 Miles from home and had a blow out on the back passenger side tire. This was a real surprise to me since the tires were brand new and only had less than 1500 miles on them. When the tire blew out it caused severe damage to the side of the rv. These tires appear to be a very poor quality. I was traveling with a friend that has a...
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new rv also and had a blow out on the way back from our weekend trip. He had the same tires on his rv as I did on mine. The manufacture of the tire is tow max power king 235/80r/16. I really feel they need to stop putting these tires on rv's seeing that the don't last. *Tr
Questions about the Prime Time Spartan
Which Prime Time Spartan years have the most problems?
Which Prime Time Spartan years have the fewest complaints?
What are the most common Prime Time Spartan problems?
Across every model year, owners report problems with the wheels & tires (3) most often.
How many recalls does the Prime Time Spartan have?
NHTSA lists 3 recalls across all Prime Time Spartan model years. Each year's page lists the recalls for that year; check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see whether the repair has been done.
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data