Recall · 23V015000
Forest River recalled the FOREST RIVER Amera-Lite over equipment
296
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
January 20, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Ameralite Cargo trailers. The welded trailer drawbars may be insufficient for the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR), which can cause the drawbars to fracture.
- What it can cause
- Fractured drawbars can cause a loss of trailer control and increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the drawbars, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 1, 2023. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at 1-574-848-1335. Forest River's number for this recall is 24-1592.
- 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 RiverAmera-Lite | 2016 to 2017 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 296 vehicles this is a small campaign: 55% 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 2016 to 2017, so the oldest vehicles on it were 7 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 167 times before this, most recently in December 2022 as 22V920000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
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 January 20, 2023 as campaign 23V015000. 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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