FaultScore

Worst years for a Forest River R-Pod

Owners have filed 64 complaints about the Forest River R-Pod with NHTSA across model years 2010 to 2024. More of them are about the body & structure than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Forest River R-Pod

13 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

2018 Forest River R-Pod

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Forest River R-Pod year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 1 0 0 Body & Structure
2022 3 0 0 Brakes
2021 9 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2020 C 11 0 0 2,300 Body & Structure
2019 C 13 0 1 Body & Structure
2018 B 12 0 0 Body & Structure
2017 3 0 0 Body & Structure
2016 3 0 0 Body & Structure
2015 3 1 0 Suspension
2012 2 0 0 Suspension
2011 3 0 1 Electrical System
2010 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Forest River R-Pod

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Body & Structure 18 28.1%

Worst in 2019

Other & Unspecified 15 23.4%

Worst in 2021

Tires 11 17.2%

Worst in 2019

Electrical System 6 9.4%

Worst in 2011

Suspension 5 7.8%

Worst in 2018

Brakes 3 4.7%

Worst in 2011

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 4.7%

Worst in 2020

Fuel & Propulsion 1 1.6%

Worst in 2018

Wheels 1 1.6%

Worst in 2012

Equipment & Accessories 1 1.6%

Worst in 2022

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Forest River R-Pod, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2011 peak 4 Apr 2026

Compare the Forest River R-Pod

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.