Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data

Forest River model years compared

Every Forest River model in the catalogue (2003–2026), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.

260
Owner complaints
filed with NHTSA, most on the Georgetown
429
Recall campaigns
distinct NHTSA campaigns, most on the Georgetown
0
Urgent advisories
do-not-drive & park-outside campaigns
Fatal-crash vehicles
FARS census, 2020 onward, exact

Forest River models ranked by complaints

Forest River models ranked by NHTSA owner complaints across all model years
Model Years Complaints Recalls Urgent Fatal (FARS) MPG
Georgetown 2008–2016 (4)
132
33
Sunseeker 2009–2022 (9)
39
23
Forester 2004–2019 (10)
34
23
Berkshire 2009–2026 (9)
26
30
FR3 2017–2026 (8)
17
13
Solera 2014–2026 (7)
9
7
Charleston 2007–2025 (4)
3
14
Lexington 2003–2014 (6)
10
Berkshire XL catalogue only 2017–2026 (7)
Berkshire XLT catalogue only 2019–2026 (7)
FR3 Plus catalogue only 2025–2026 (2)
Forester Classic catalogue only 2020–2026 (7)
Forester LE catalogue only 2012–2026 (10)
Forester MBS catalogue only 2017–2026 (9)
Forester PM Series catalogue only 2024–2026 (3)
Forester TS catalogue only 2020–2026 (7)
Georgetown GT3 catalogue only 2018–2026 (8)
Georgetown GT5 catalogue only 2020–2026 (7)
Georgetown GT7 catalogue only 2020–2026 (7)
Lexington GTS catalogue only 2005–2013 (3)
Sunseeker Classic catalogue only 2023–2026 (4)
Sunseeker LE catalogue only 2013–2026 (8)
Sunseeker MBS catalogue only 2015–2026 (9)
Sunseeker PM Series catalogue only 2024–2026 (3)
Sunseeker TS catalogue only 2017–2026 (8)

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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.

How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.