Recall · 20V727000
Forest River recalled 18 models over equipment
4,203
Vehicles covered
18
Models
29
Model years
November 23, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Chaparral and Shasta, 2019-2020 Coachmen Concord and Orion, 2020-2021 Coachmen Cross Trek and Forest River Berkshire, 2019-2021 Coachmen Freelander, Leprechaun and Prism, 2020 Coachmen Mirada, Pursuit and Sportscoach, Dynamax Force, DX3, Dynaquest XL and Isata and Forest River Wildwood and 2008 and 2020 Forest River Salem vehicles equipped with Dometic 3 burner cooking stoves. The saddle valve securing bolt may be overtightened, possibly damaging the o-ring seal and causing a continuous gas leak.
- What it can cause
- A gas leak can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit of gaskets, washers, thread locker bolts, and two round orange labels, free of charge. The recall began January 11, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-4995, or Dometic customer service at 1-574-293-0681. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1259.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coachmen Chaparral | 2019 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Concord | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Cross Trek | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Freelander | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Leprechaun | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Mirada | 2020 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Orion | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Prism | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Pursuit | 2020 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Shasta | 2019 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2020 | Not published here |
| Dynamax DX3 | 2020 | Not published here |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2020 | Not published here |
| Dynamax Force | 2020 | Not published here |
| Dynamax Isata | 2020 | Not published here |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Forest River Salem | 2008 and 2020 | 2020 |
| Forest River Wildwood | 2020 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 4,203 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 73% of the 14,506 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 491. It covers model years 2008 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 12 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 143 times before this, most recently in October 2020 as 20V656000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 29 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA, 2 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the equipment, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 23 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V682000 (electrical system), 23V659000 (equipment), 23V014000 (equipment), 22V813000 (equipment).
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 November 23, 2020 as campaign 20V727000. 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 2020-11-23.
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