Recall · 23V262000
Forest River recalled 14 models over equipment
2,616
Vehicles covered
14
Models
15
Model years
April 13, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Forester 2401BSD, FR3 F3A32DSF, Georgetown GTA36K7, 2022-2023 East to West Entrada, 2023 East to West Alta, Coachmen Apex, Brookstone, Chaparral and Chaparral Lite, Forest River Crusader, Sanibel, Shasta Phoenix, Coachmen Spirit, and East to West Tandara vehicles. The solar panel mounting hardware may become loose and pull through the slot in the panel.
- What it can cause
- Loose hardware can cause the solar panels to detach from the vehicle during transit, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will install additional hardware to the existing panel and install a secondary holding bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2023. Owners may contact East to West Alta, Entrada and Tandara customer service at 1-574-264-6664; Coachmen Apex and Spirit customer service at 1-574-825-8205; Coachmen Brookstone, Chaparral, Chaparral Lite, and Shasta Phoenix customer service at 1-574-825-7101; Crusader and Sanibel customer service at 1-574-862-1025; and Georgetown Forester and FR3 customer service at 1-574-206-7600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1607.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coachmen Apex | 2023 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Brookstone | 2023 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Chaparral | 2023 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Chaparral Lite | 2023 | Not published here |
| Coachmen Spirit Travel | 2023 | Not published here |
| East to West Alta | 2023 | Not published here |
| East to West Entrada | 2022 to 2023 | Not published here |
| East to West Tandara | 2022 | Not published here |
| Forest River Forester | 2021 | Not published here |
| Forest River FR3 | 2021 | Not published here |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2021 | Not published here |
| Prime Time Crusader | 2023 | Not published here |
| Prime Time Sanibel | 2023 | Not published here |
| Shasta Phoenix | 2023 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,616 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 16,769 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 480. It covers model years 2021 to 2023, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 170 times before this, most recently in March 2023 as 23V226000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 2 of the 15 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 10 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 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 September 2021, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 13 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V116000 (trailer hitches), 24V103000 (equipment), 23V286000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V004000 (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 April 13, 2023 as campaign 23V262000. 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 2023-04-13.
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