Recall · 24V846000
Forest River recalled 8 models over equipment
498
Vehicles covered
8
Models
12
Model years
November 8, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:120/240 VAC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Catalina and Aurora travel trailers. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. The solar panel wiring may be incorrectly wired, causing the wiring to short and overheat.
- What it can cause
- Overheated wiring can melt, increasing the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will rewire the solar panel to the solar controller, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 15, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-4995. Forest River's number for this recall is 300-1863.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AuroraART24RBS | 2025 | Not published here |
| AuroraART26ATH-300 | 2025 | Not published here |
| AuroraART28BHS-300 | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| CatalinaCAT243RBSLE | 2025 | Not published here |
| CatalinaCAT263BHSCKLE-300 | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| CatalinaCAT26TH-300 | 2025 | Not published here |
| CatalinaCAT283EPIC-300 | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| CatalinaCAT293QBCKLE-300 | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 498 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 50% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2024 to 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Catalina vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 3 times before this, most recently in October 2024 as 24V775000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 24V746000 (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 24V846000. 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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