Tiffin Phaeton vs Forest River Salem

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure Tiffin Phaeton Forest River Salem
Complaints on file 58 144
Model years covered 2001–2025 2001–2025
Worst model year — 2020
Best model year — 2015
Crashes reported 2 0
Fires reported 6 8
Injuries reported 1 3
Deaths reported 0 0
Most complained-about part Engine & Cooling Equipment & Accessories
Share of complaints involving harm 15.5% 7.6%

Tiffin Phaeton by year

01 03 04 05 07 08 09 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 14 24.1%
Body & Structure 6 10.3%
Fuel & Propulsion 6 10.3%
Tires 5 8.6%
Equipment & Accessories 5 8.6%
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 6.9%
Wheels 4 6.9%
Other & Unspecified 3 5.2%

Forest River Salem by year

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Body & Structure 28 19.4%
Electrical System 20 13.9%
Tires 19 13.2%
Suspension 14 9.7%
Other & Unspecified 13 9.0%
Wheels 10 6.9%
Brakes 3 2.1%