Recall · 21V059000
Forest River recalled the FOREST RIVER Wildcat over equipment
53
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
February 8, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Wildcat Travel Trailer models WCT247RXX-OR and WCT276FKX-OR. The safety chains do not meet the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) and could potentially break.
- What it can cause
- Safety chain breakage could cause the trailer to detach from the tow vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the safety chains with correctly rated safety chains, free of charge. The recall began February 22, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-503-831-5410. Forest River's number for this recall is 22-1189.
- 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 RiverWildcat | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 53 vehicles this is a small campaign: 77% 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, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 146 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V799000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 24V272000 (equipment), 21V145000 (equipment), 21V141000 (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 February 8, 2021 as campaign 21V059000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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