Forest River CEDAR CREEK HATHAWAY 36CK2 reviews

Beautiful and functional! We love the full size refrigerator and bathroom! The washer and dryer is a game changer for trips! We added wider steps to the door so it is easier to enter and exit. The app and electronics of the trailer are convenient and work like a charm! The sofa makes into a comfortable bed and still leaves room to move! Lighting and fireplace sets a great ambience and makes you feel like you are at home! This is an excellent buy for a beautiful home-away-from-home! Show less

Purchased a new 2019 Cedar Creek Hathaway in Tampa, Fl. October 2020 makes it 2 years that we have used the unit. It has been a constant repair unit from the week we took delivery. The first few months were minor problems that the dealer took care of except they could never get the tank sensors to work right. After about 6 months the major stuff started to happen: Awning motor, fireplace, dishwasher, refrigerator, clothes washer, inverter, microwave and a number of little items that I fixed myself and some that still need to be fixed ( bathroom fan, waterless trap for shower drain not closing up ). Fortunately for us, we purchased the 5 year extended policy and they have been spot on with repairs. The basic coach is okay - the problems are mostly the appliances (Chinese). I want to believe we may a have gotten a lemon but talking to other RVers, we may just be experiencing the usual RV life. I think the RV industry needs to work on building reliable quality units in exchange for what you have to pay today - also some customer service satisfaction would go a long way to their PR. Show less

Our RV looks stunning with the full body paint which matches our Dodge Ram 3500. It became embarrassing at times with the amount of compliments we get. We can’t fault the RV it tows really well, sometimes we have to look to see if it’s still following. We put this down to the set up with the side winder and the Air ride. We have the extra cab Dodge Ram 3500 with self leveling it seems to be the perfect set up. As for the RV it has everything we could possibly ask for. It doesn’t have a generator as we hate the noise but it is fully set up with solar and 4 deep cycle batteries, propane/electric fridge is great for overnighting anywhere or for boon-docking for extended periods. If a generator was to be added it is fully prepped for it. We are from Australia and have been sharing the American dream, however with the travel bans unlikely to be lifted for quite some time we are selling the RV we may consider selling the truck if anyone would like the unit. Show less

I would not recommend this RV to anyone because of the poor quality we have dealt with. We bought a Cedar Creek Hathaway in January 2018 and after only 1 1/2 years, we have had so much go wrong with it which has been very expensive and time consuming for our family. We have already had to deal with so much this year with our disabled daughter getting pneumonia twice and was in 3 different hospitals; she had to get a trach which was too big and cut off her oxygen, so we thought we had lost her 3 times in one day, etc, etc, etc. Now to have all this trouble with our new RV because there is only a 1 year warranty which ran out 9 months before the issues happened of course. First we had to drive from NM to KY and back with the biggest slide sticking out because while trying to close it the first morning, the rain cover got stuck between the slide and the RV and broke it. After we got home, my husband had to build a part to get the slide to work properly. It's a good thing he is a Mechanical Engineer! Why doesn't the manufacturer already have this figured out and make quality parts so we do not have to remake something to last and that actually works? On the same trip the fender came loose and shredded the tire below it then flew off just as it was getting dark. We asked the company if they would replace it because they didn't do a good job constructing it, but of course they wouldn't. Instead they told us where we could buy new parts. We had to pay a lot of money to buy another one and what an ordeal to get everything put back together!!! I can only imagine the expense if someone had to hire all of this work done. It took us 3 months to get it all finished after ordering the right parts and building new ones. On the first trip after fixing it, just 100 miles down the road, the new fender has come loose again even after my husband glued it this time. It is now broken again. :( We searched for several years trying to make sure we got a good quality RV as well as one we liked, to find out very quickly that the quality is very poor and it is a money pit with no help from the people who built it! It's only been more frustration to deal with. Uggghhh :( I would love to know if there is a more reputable and reliable company out there so we could have avoided all if this mess. We thought Forest River was just that from what we had heard from dealers, but we found out different. I would not buy a Forest River product again after this horrific experience. Show less

To start this is our third Cedar Creek. Previous 2 were used and except for normal maintenance issues from hauling a lot, good RV's overall. We ordered a new one this time. When we received were told not to put much on each shelf in the pantry because screws were small and came out and the sofa tends to slide forward and get hung up on roll outs. Asked if the stacked washer dryer were attached and assured they were, they looked a bit askew. Got the unit home and here is what I found. I decided my best course of action was to fix issues myself. I looked at the pantry issue and the paneling to which the drawer slides are attached is only 1/8" thick. Two screws for each drawer slide and back ones seem to have a backer board glued on to accept screws, except it did not go down far enough to reach the bottom shelf. Front screws were just into panel and stripped out. Cabinet is not constant dimension front to back which makes drawer slides bind. Drawers are lucky to support themselves. I called manufacture to see what was behind the panel to see if I could safely drill in there to use drywall mollies. Never got a call. E mailed, same result. I ended up using plastic anchors which cover the screw and put in the normal three screws per slide. Seems to work. If not, will buy one of those video inspection camera with wand and look in there and decide if I can do something else. I shimmed slides to be right width as needed. On the sofa I made two wood blocks 1.5" thick with half round holes to fit legs and screwed them to floor to stop sofa from sliding. Washer dryer was not in fact attached to anything. Free to float around. I put wood screwed to the floor on four sides to keep it in place. Attached the dryer on the stack to the clothes pole. That should work. Dumb deal not to have them secured. In a sudden stop they were free to crash forward. There is no pan under washer in case of spill like my last unit had. I took my Onan generator out of old rv and installed in this one. Remote stop start button factory installed is at the very bottom of the compartment below the controls station. Have to get on your knees to use it. I have been checking out everything and came across an issue with the range hood exhaust. Exhaust unit is located above the microwave and installed first. Turned it on and all kinds of air was blowing down behind microwave and onto range. Got to looking and factory did not install any duct between the hood discharge point and the outside vent connection. Range hood hot air/moisture laden air/grease laden etc. was free to blow out between hood and wall and to some extent into the wall. I will tear this apart and fix it because I have no confidence the factory will do anything. I have to assume this is how they build all rv's so lots with same issue. I detailed the issues in correspondence with the factory, except for the hood issue which I just discovered, no responses. I am extremely disappointed. Makes me nervous about what else is poorly thought out and or lack of quality control. If I had my money back I would do more research into other high end brands. For what we paid I expected better. Show less

We purchased our fifth wheel in n.California brand new! Very disappointed in the customer service! So many things wrong! Spent a lot of money for cedar creek that had so many problem! First we had to buy tires since the ones prvovided are not adequate, than the mattress was horrible replaced that the so called pantry does not hold up bottom of drawers fell out! Than the cabinet next to stove the shelf just broke! Poorly made about 1/4 in thick! The panel for tank measurement isn't accurate can't tell which is which?! Stereo system was broke when we got it and still not fixed! Not to mention all the little things like holes that were poorly patched and are quite obvious all the pull down shades are poorly installed and most all of them not centered in the windows! One window in the back was replaced because it was fogged up and now it won't open! The design on the bathroom is great but the sinks hold water and won't drain completely! It is apparent that not much thought was put into the longevity of the interior! Feeling very disappointed in my our purchase this was supposed to be our life's dream to travel! We're having a hard time getting this trailer on the road! Livability is good! Show less