Recall · 24V771000
Forest River recalled 14 models over equipment
2,783
Vehicles covered
14
Models
35
Model years
November 8, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Ahara, Entrada, 2022-2025 FR3, Georgetown, 2021-2023 Dynamax Isata, 2021-2025 Encore, Mirada, Pursuit, 2025 Sportscoach, V-Cruise, V-Sport, V-Tour, 2023 Sunseeker, and 2024-2025 V-RV motorhomes, equipped with General Electric air conditioners with a soft start device with part number ICM870-16A-BH5400. The air conditioner soft start device may fail and overheat.
- What it can cause
- An air conditioner soft start device that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the soft start, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 1, 2025. Owners may contact Encore, Mirada, Pursuit and Sportscoach customer service at 1-574-825-8212, Isata customer service at 574-262-3474, Georgetown, FR3, and Sunseeker customer service at 574-206-7600, Ahara and Entrada customer service at 574-264-6664, and V-Cruise, V-RV, V-Sport, and V-Tour customer service at 574-617-6408. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1839.
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamax Isata | 2021 to 2023 | Not published here |
| East to West Entrada | 2024 | Not published here |
| Forest River Ahara Travel Trailer | 2024 | Not published here |
| Forest River Encore | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River FR3 | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2022 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River Mirada | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2021 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River Sportscoach | 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2023 | Not published here |
| Forest River V-Cruise | 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River V-RV | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River V-Sport | 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River V-Tour | 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 2,783 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 69% of the 18,233 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 473. It covers model years 2021 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 189 times before this, most recently in November 2024 as 24V823000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 35 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 1 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 vehicles on this campaign carry 14 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V704000 (electrical system), 25V539000 (electrical system), 24V351000 (equipment), 24V272000 (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 November 8, 2024 as campaign 24V771000. 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 2024-11-08.
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