Recall · 20V221000
Forest River recalled 2 models over tires
83
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
April 17, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
TIRES
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2016 Rockwood RLT2604WS, WRLT2604WS, Flagstaff FLT26RLWS and WFLT26RLWS recreational trailers. Due to insufficient clearance between the front tire and slide out actuator, the tire may contact the slide out bracket and become damaged.
- What it can cause
- If the front tire becomes damaged, it may fail and cause a loss control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a lift kit that will provide the proper clearance between the tire and the slide out bracket. Damaged tires will be replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began May 11, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-8943. Forest River's number for this recall is 10D-1159.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Forest RiverFlagstaff | 2016 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverRockwood | 2016 | 2016 |
How this campaign compares
At 83 vehicles this is a small campaign: 72% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2016, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the tires 13 times before this, most recently in November 2019 as 19V848000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA, 8 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the tires, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2015, 4 years before this filing.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Forest River, Inc. with NHTSA on April 17, 2020 as campaign 20V221000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2020-04-17.
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