Recall · 24V774000
Forest River recalled the FOREST RIVER Riverstone over equipment
16
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
October 18, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ACCESSORY GENERATOR:SOLAR PANEL
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Riverstone Fifth Wheel trailers. The solar panels may have been incorrectly connected in parallel and instead of in series, causing the wiring to overheat and melt.
- What it can cause
- Melted wires increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the wiring and replace the cable entry plate and solar controller as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 5, 2024. Owners may call Forest River Customer Service at (260) 593-2425. Forest River's number for this recall is 70-1853.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forest RiverRiverstone | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 16 vehicles this is a small campaign: 89% 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 2023 to 2024, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 186 times before this, most recently in August 2024 as 24V619000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 26V020000 (equipment), 25V550000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 October 18, 2024 as campaign 24V774000. 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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