I am a full timer in my new Forest River Salem Le 36ft. I have tarry black substance coming out of my bedroom ceiling and out of bathroom wall and light fixtures. The manufacturer rep want talk to me. I have left several messages. The dealership came down and took pictures and a sample of tarry stuff. He says he is having trouble getting rep to talk to him. I want them to test this yuk and see what it is. The dealership says it is condensate. I don't think so.I am concerned this might be harmful to us.

We just purchased a 2011 Flagstaff Micro-Lite travel trailer made by Forest River. It came with a Dometic DM2652RBF1 refrigerator. Apparently this refrigerator is a new design and has a ventilator fan somewhere in the rear. In our case this fan starts, runs for several seconds and stops and this occurs every minute or so. I've spoken to Dometic customer service a couple of times and had the dealer look at it. They've reported this to be working correctly.

Our problem is that we only camp in the NY State Parks in the Adirondack mountains, and there is (by law) no power at these campsites. You need to run on your batteries and are allowed to run a generator for a few hours each day to recharge the batteries. However due to the drain on the battery from this refrigerator fan, the battery loses at least 2/3 of its charge overnight, and after a couple of days there aren't enough allowable generator hours to get the battery back to full charge.

The net of it is that we have a brand-new trailer but it looks like we will have to replace the refrigerator with an older model that doesn't have this internal fan in order to use it at the campgrounds where we go.

So, anyone purchasing a new Forest River trailer should be aware that if they are equipped with one of these new Dometic refrigerators that have an internal fan, they probably won't be able to camp without 110 power for very long.

Bought a 2011 Forest River Salem 36BHBS. The windows are in crooked, the patio door frame is warped and the slider wont close. They covered the staples on the paneling with putty that's smeared it all over. The quality of this camper is very poor. The dealer told me It's just a camper and most people don't care about that stuff and since I bought a cheap one only spending $20, 000 what do you expect. I haven't got to use it yet because it's in the shop being butchered up. I would like a refund but after just one day of owning it the dealer said it’s mine. Aren’t there consumer laws to protect against having to be stuck with a junk like this?

I called the Oregon Forest River RV plant and ordered a replacement fender skirt for my 5th wheel. I was told that I would have to order a pair of them because that was the only way they packaged them. At $100.00 each, and only needing one, I tried to explain that I would probably never have a use for a 2nd one and could'nt they break up a pair and hold the 2nd one for the next person that needs one...They were adamant that they could'nt ( or would'nt) do this.

It seems rediculous to make a person purchase 2 of something when only one is needed. This will make me reconsider my opinion of Forest River and I will probably not purchase another one of their products.