2003 Forest River Salem Suspension Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 25%of 8 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 7,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the suspension of the 2003 Forest River Salem, 25% of the 8 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 7,500 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Drove over two or three rough bridges. Leaf springs on left side of trailer flattened & lost their support, causing the tires to rub on underside of trailer with a breaking action to that side, causing travel trailer to go out of control. Trailer was declared a total loss by insurance company due to bent frame after loss of control. No one was injured nothing was hit nothing hit trailer. I feel there should be a stop on the underside of every travel trailer on the road, to stop the axle before the tire can break on the underside of any trailer. …”
NHTSA complaint #10157832, filed 2006-05, 7,500 miles“Problems with accelerated tire wear on a 5th wheel travel trailer. I have a cedar creek 5th wheel model year 2003, manufactured 11.02, model # 30rlbs. The trailer has 5200# axles manufactured by al-kober and they are causing extreme tire wear on the inside edges of the tires. Have spoken to al-ko and they deny any problems but it has been detailed on quite a few web sites that they had a manufacturing problem for a period of time and that the visual aspect of the problem is rapid wear on the inside edges of tires causing blow outs and damage and safety issues due to these defects. …”
NHTSA complaint #10197143, filed 2007-07Suspension: other model years
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About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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