Recall · 25V111000
Forest River recalled 3 models over equipment
1,833
Vehicles covered
3
Models
16
Model years
February 21, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2025 Coachmen Catalina, 2020-2025 Aurora, and 2025 Puma travel trailers. The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) on the Federal placard may exceed the safety chain rating. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 110, "Tire Selection and Rims" and 120, "Wheels and Rims - Other Than Passenger Cars."
- What it can cause
- An incorrect weight rating may lead to unintentionally overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Forest River will mail owners a corrected Federal Placard with application instructions, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 5745-825-4995, and Puma customer service at 1-574-642-0588. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1895.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CoachmenCatalina | 2017 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverAurora | 2020 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverPuma | 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,833 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 65% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2017 to 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 8 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 196 times before this, most recently in February 2025 as 25V069000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 22 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V682000 (electrical system), 25V264000 (electrical system), 25V245000 (structure), 25V230000 (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 February 21, 2025 as campaign 25V111000. 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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