Recall · 21V523000
Forest River recalled 11 models over equipment
825
Vehicles covered
11
Models
46
Model years
July 9, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River Blue Ridge, 2014-2019 Forest River Cardinal, 2014-2020 Forest River Cedar Creek, 2014-2021 Forest River Georgetown, 2019 Forest River Legacy, and 2017-2018 Forest River Riverstone recreational vehicles equipped with Hehr 6400 Series windows. The adhesive that bonds the vented portion of the window may fail.
- What it can cause
- Adhesive failure may cause the vent portion of the window to detach, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1380.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| CoachmenCross Country | 2015 to 2017 | Not published here |
| CoachmenEncore | 2015 | Not published here |
| CoachmenMirada | 2016 to 2020 | Not published here |
| CoachmenSportscoach | 2018 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverBerkshire | 2019 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverBlue Ridge | 2011 to 2016 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverCardinal | 2014 to 2019 | 2015 |
| Forest RiverCedar Creek | 2014 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverGeorgetown | 2014 to 2021 | 2020 |
| Forest RiverLegacy | 2019 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverRiverstone | 2017 to 2018 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 825 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 56% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2011 to 2021, so the oldest vehicles on it were 10 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 150 times before this, most recently in May 2021 as 21V374000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 8 of the 46 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 56 complaints with NHTSA, 36 of them before this campaign was filed. 9 of those name the equipment, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in May 2015, 6 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 21 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V550000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 24V913000 (exterior lighting), 24V395000 (equipment), 24V272000 (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 July 9, 2021 as campaign 21V523000. 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 2021-07-09.
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