Recall · 24V003000
Forest River recalled the FOREST RIVER Cherokee over structure
302
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
January 5, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2020 Cherokee travel trailers. The draw bar locking mechanism may break, which can cause the front end of the trailer to contact the road.
- What it can cause
- A trailer that contacts the road during transit increases the risk of a crash or injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the Ice Hose swing arm draw bars, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 5, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-4995. Forest River's number for this recall is 95-1705.
- 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 RiverCherokee | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 302 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 one model year, 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the structure 18 times before this, most recently in September 2023 as 23V658000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 1 model year the campaign names. Their owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA, 13 of them before this campaign was filed. 5 of those name the structure, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in October 2019, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 20V654000 (electrical system), 20V075000 (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 January 5, 2024 as campaign 24V003000. 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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