2021 Forest River R-POD Other or unknown Problems

“Working with one of the latest failures I think we have potentially identified the cause of the 195/196 R-Pod from window failures. It is not from rocks or road hazards. Tempered glass does not normally break the way it has been on the 195/196 r-pods front windows; this type of breakage is generally caused by stress in the glass not something like a rock strike. When I inspected my window and frame, I found on the frame inside my pod, on the side of my window, a bend in the frame resulting in an uneven seating surface for the window. …”

“We purchased a 2021 R-Pod 171 in march 2021. The front window randomly shattered on I-10 as the trailer was being towed at 55 MPH. There was no debris on the road, or found when cleaning up the glass in the camper. There were no other vehicles on the road. The road was smooth. I have come to learn this is a known issue with R-Pod front windows, and Forest River will not fix the issue. Forest river was using single pane windows. Those broke. They switched to thicker glass (which is what I am told what we had) that supposedly don't break. Now they do double pane windows. …”

“Front windshield shattered while driving down the freeway. It was not struck by a rock or debris. We didn't even hear it break (as you would if it was hit). We only discovered it after I noticed the slide-out was extending into the next lane. Apparently the wind going in the trailer was forcing out the slide-out. Luckily this was daytime and I could see it extending. Had it been at night and it continued to extend this could have created a very dangerous situation. Forest River has had a problem with at least the 2020-2021 R-Pod front windows. …”

“On Sep 17th, while coming off a 2,000 mile road trip to Yosemite, the rhino rack with tent and awning ripped off my No Bo 10.6 trailer, did 4 frisbee turns in the air and came crashing down into the fast lane of I93 between Las Vegas and Kingman. The weight alone (roughly 500 lbs.) would've killed anyone driving behind me. Luckily it didn't and skidded into the emergency lane. The lack of concern from the manufacturer has me stymied. I've been told it was a manufacturing defect but am unable to get any phone calls or emails back from their warranty/service department. …”

“Front glass shattered with NO IMPACT: High Temps (104) outside & cooling inside. The entire glass shattered-Not laminated glass- Safety Glass: The result was shards of glass in the cabin sleeping area. We were outside at the time so no injury.”