Recall · 21V784000
Forest River recalled the FOREST RIVER Puma over equipment
44
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
October 8, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:PLUMBING:SEWAGE/BLACK:STORAGE TANK
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Puma travel trailers. The black wastewater-holding tank may be missing the ventilation pipe, allowing methane gas to build up.
- What it can cause
- In the presence of an ignition source, a gas build up increases the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will properly vent the black wastewater-holding tank, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 22, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at 1-574-642-0606. Forest River's number for this recall is 420-1425.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forest RiverPuma | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 44 vehicles this is a small campaign: 79% 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 model years 2021 to 2022, 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 153 times before this, most recently in September 2021 as 21V745000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 24V395000 (equipment), 22V556000 (equipment), 22V184000 (equipment), 20V799000 (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 October 8, 2021 as campaign 21V784000. 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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