Recall · 22V486000
Forest River recalled 17 models over equipment
19,911
Vehicles covered
17
Models
17
Model years
July 8, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2022 Prime Time Avenger, Crusader, Lacrosse, Ozark, Tracer, Sanibel, East to West Della Terra, Silverlake, Forest River Cherokee, Flagstaff, IBEX, RPod, Rockwood, Salem, Sierra, Sandpiper, and Wildwood fifth wheel and travel trailers. The electric retractable awning has a welded seam on the fabric that may separate, potentially allowing the awning to drop beyond normal operation.
- What it can cause
- An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Forest River will replace the awnings, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed August 17, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at the following numbers: 1-574-862-1025 (Prime Time Avenger, Crusader, Lacrosse, Sanibel, Tracer, and Ozark), 1-574-264-6664 (East to West Della Terra and Silver Lake ), 1-260-499-2100 (Cherokee), 1-574-642-8943 (Rockwood and Flagstaff), 1-574- 642-3119 Option 2 (IBEX & RPOD), 1-574-534-3167 (Salem & Wildwood), 1-574-534-4574 (Sierra & Sandpiper). Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1532. This recall has been superseded by NHTSA recall 22V-556.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East to WestDella Terra | 2022 | Not published here |
| East to WestSilver Lake | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverCherokee | 2022 | 2022 |
| Forest RiverFlagstaff | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverIbex | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverR-POD | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverRockwood | 2022 | 2022 |
| Forest RiverSalem | 2022 | 2022 |
| Forest RiverSandpiper | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverSierra | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverWildwood | 2022 | 2022 |
| Prime TimeAvenger | 2022 | Not published here |
| Prime TimeCrusader | 2022 | Not published here |
| Prime TimeLacrosse | 2022 | Not published here |
| Prime TimeOzark | 2022 | Not published here |
| Prime TimeSanibel | 2022 | Not published here |
| Prime TimeTracer | 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 19,911 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 84% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2022, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 162 times before this, most recently in June 2022 as 22V450000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 17 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 56 complaints with NHTSA, 12 of them before this campaign was filed. 19 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 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V682000 (electrical system), 24V272000 (equipment), 24V116000 (trailer hitches), 23V612000 (structure).
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 8, 2022 as campaign 22V486000. 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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