The 2004 Forest River Surveyor has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 107,417 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 3 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the equipment. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
EQUIPMENT08V3460002008-07-07107,417 affected
Defect
FOREST RIVER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MY 2003-2006 MOTOR HOMES, FIFTH WHEEL AND TRAVEL TRAILERS EQUIPPED WITH A TWO-DOOR REFRIGERATOR MANUFACTURED BY THE DOMETIC CORPORATION. THE REFRIGERATOR MAY HAVE A DEFECT IN THE BOILER TUBE. PRESSURIZED COOLANT SOLUTION COULD BE RELEASED INTO AN AREA WHERE AN IGNITION SOURCE…
Consequence
IF THIS SOLUTION IS EXPOSED TO AN IGNITION SOURCE UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IT CAN RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
Remedy
FOREST RIVER IS WORKING WITH DOMETIC TO REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS (PLEASE SEE 08E032). DOMETIC WILL REPAIR THESE REFRIGERATORS BY INSTALLING A SECONDARY BURN HOUSING, A THERMAL FUSE, AND A MELT FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. DOMETIC HAS RETAINED STERICYCLE INC. TO MANAGE THIS CAMPAIGN. STERICYCLE WILL ASSIST THE OWNER IN…
Complaints by component
EQUIPMENT
1
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
1
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
1
Total complaints3
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Tl*the contact owns a 2007 (na) forest river surveyor svt303. The vehicle has a dometic refrigerator, model rm2652. The contact received a safety recall notice for his dometic and has attempted to reach dometic ever since. He keeps getting an automated system that disconnects him repeatedly. The…”
“Tl*the contact owns a 2004 forest river surveyor. While the vehicle was parked, the contact left the side entry door open so that air could circulate. He awoke in the middle of the night to a burning smell. The entry door was against the heater and caused it to melt. When the entry door is open,…”
“Tl*the contact owns a 2004 forest river surveyor. While the vehicle was parked, the contact left the side entry door open so that air could circulate. He awoke in the middle of the night to a burning smell. The entry door was against the heater and caused it to melt. When the entry door is open,…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2004 Forest River Surveyor as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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