Abandoned by FR and dealer - Event Date: 16 Mar 2017

Originally posted by Bill-J I appreciate your reply.  As you might have guessed I consider PaulsboRV to be useless.  When people ask me about the Rpod I tell them the floor plan is good but everything else is junk and the construction is criminal.....  You mentioned they have a C- BB rating.  Were you refering to PaulsboRV, Forest River, or both.

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I feel you Bill, Rpod has serious QC on the west coast..
We had few issues (leaky black water tank/mostly quality sucking), and ended up selling ours and moving to Motorhome. Theres a reason if you have camping friends they say to each other, friends don't let friends buy Forrest River!! We still go to the RV shows to look at all types of campers. Forrest river is the cheapest in quality, where Winnie drop is best for this shape trailer. Even Jayco is beating FR at their own design.. Its not just Rpod, its Forrest river on west coast. In-laws just got new Flagstaff superlite 23fbds against our recommendation. Things are mounted uneven, trims already delaminating, etc just after taking out twice.
     As for Paulsbo, they couldn't fix our black water tank.. Either sell yours and move on or contact state AG with complaint. You paid for a warranty in the sales price..They aren't BB accredited and have C- rating for reason..

As you have probably read I had a number of problems, most of which I ended up fixing at my own expense, as Forest River and PaulsboRV refused to take care of them AND I also was suppose to have a warrenty.  Having a warrenty does not so much for you if Forest River and the dealer will not honor it. 

Many have had no problems but many have also had problems.  One person answered you by saying. "Literally THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS of new owners have had NO ISSUES at all. Don't let one reactionary rant harsh your mellow."

Since my experience I have really studied many of the blogs and you will find MANY that have had similiar experiences.  Google "Rpod problems" and you will find many.

If I were to do it again and I really wanted an Rpod I would make the dealer VERY aware of the problems some of us have had and would try EXTREMELY hard to get a written agreement that the dealer will be totally responsible for ANY warrenty work required and the dealer can get his costs for the repair from Forest River and that you do not want any dealings with Forest River.  If the dealer refuses to do this then I, knowing what I know now, would not purchase from that dealer.

It really ticks you when you have a problem, take it in for repair, wait two weeks for the dealer to get it in the shop, wait two more weeks to find out that Forest River refused to pay for the repair then the dealer tell you that since Forest River will not pay for it they will be glad to fix it AT YOUR EXPENSE.

I do think that you can show the dealer all of the problems that others have had from this blog alone and that might give you some leverage.

Somewhere in this blog I listed ALL of the problems I had and what the dealer and Forest River did and did not do. 

Good luck.  At least you are aware of what might happen.  I went into it blind and I had the thought PaulsboRV was an honorable dealership.... boy was I wrong.  Again my final comment is that I was totally abandonded by Forest River and PoulsboRV.

Let me know how it goes.

Bill J..   your dealer is really bad.   I went through A.C. Nelsen in Omaha, that guy fixed things for me he didn't even break.  We were still getting used to the unit, I broke stuff, but he ponied up the cash to get it fixed where I live.  It is true that FR attention to detail will leave any effort exerting person many moments of bewilderment because you will wonder how those builders even cook food at home.  Factories are supposed to make economies of sameness worthwhile, but from my point of view here in Colorado;  did they hire my neighbors.  That would explain A LOT.  Trailer doesn't smell like they did.  

We purchased our R-Pod 179 last September, have made two weekend trips, and just finished a full week in the Pod without a single issue.  Only time will tell, but so far I am pleased and impressed.