Reliability & cost of ownership
Forest River Cardinal Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Forest River Cardinal? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Forest River Cardinal problems by model year
36 recall entries and 57 owner complaints on file across 20 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Forest River Cardinal, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- tires19 complaints
- structure14 complaints
- wheels10 complaints
- equipment9 complaints
- unknown or other8 complaints
- suspension7 complaints
- electrical system3 complaints
- visibility/wiper2 complaints