2005 Forest River Travel Trailer

I PURCHASED A TRAVEL TRAILER MANUFACTURED BY FOREST RIVER ON 11/10/07. THIS TRAILER SPECIFIES THAT THE UNLADEN VEHICLE WEIGHT IS 3640 POUNDS. MY TOW VEHICLE STRUGGLES TO PULL THIS TRAILER. I HAD IT THE VEHICLE WEIGHED ON A CERTIFIED PUBLIC SCALE. THE ACTUAL UNLADEN VEHICLE WEIGHT OF THIS TRAILER IS 5036 POUNDS. IT IS APPARENT TO ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS LABELED IN ERROR. AS A RESULT OF THE DISCREPANCY I HAVE NOT USED THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE TOWING IT WITH MY TOW VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FOREST RIVER TRAVEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER SOLD HIM A 2006 VEHICLE AND STATED THAT IT WAS A 2007. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO NOTIFY THE DEALER, THEY WOULD NOT SPEAK TO HIM. THE CONTACT HAS LIVED IN THE VEHICLE FOR 8 TO 9 MONTHS. HE DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE VEHICLES FROM FOREST RIVER WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA AND CONTAINED FEMALDAHIDE. THE CONTACT AND HIS FAMILY HAVE GOTTEN SICK, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BREATH, AND CONTRACTED RASHES SINCE MOVING INTO THE VEHICLE. NO OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE.

I PURCHASED A 2005 LEXINGTON MOTORHOME FROM A DEALER IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WHICH WAS MANUFACTOURED BY FOREST RIVE, INC. I STARTED A TRIP AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SHORTLY INTO MY TRIP I DISCOVERED THAT APPARENTLY DUE TO A DESIGN DEFECT, UNDER THE MOTORHOME SLIDEOUT 4 HOLES ALLOW CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE CABIN. AT FIRST THE CARBON MONOXIDE CAME FROM THE GENERATOR EXHAUST BUT LATER WE DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO THE MOTORHOME ALSO PRESENTED A PROBLEM. MEASURMENTS OF OVER 450PPM WHERE REGISTERED ON THE CO2 ALARM. I ENDED UP IN EMERGENCY TWICE AND HAD THREE EXPOSURES AND CONFIRMED POISONINGS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. FOREST RIVER INC. MANUFACTURED THE MOTORHOME AND HAS YET BEEN WILLING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR MY CO ALARM, I FEEL I WOULD BE DEAD TODAY. THE FACTORY (OF COURSE) DENIES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR DESIGN. BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE THREATENING DEFECT, I AM NOT MORALLY ABLE TO SELL THIS MOTORHOME AS IT IS A DEATH TRAP. I FEEL THE FACTORY HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THE MANY MODELS THAT USE THIS SLIDEOUT DESIGN IN THEIR MOTORHOME OF THIS POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE DOES DIE OR SUFFERS SERIOUS DAMAGE FROM THIS VERY DANGEROUS POISION. ALSO, THE MANUFACTURE APPARENTLY DID NOT DO THE FORD RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT OF THE BODY AFTER BUILDING THE MOTORHOME AND THE VEHICLE WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I WAS HOWEVER ABLE TO GET A FORD DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE SAFETY PROBLEM.