Recall · 25V162000
Forest River recalled 2 models over equipment
120
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
March 14, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2025 Nightfall travel trailers and XLR Toy Hauler fifth wheel trailers. The breakaway switch may be incorrectly wired and fail to activate the trailer brakes during an emergency.
- What it can cause
- Trailer brakes that fail to activate increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will rewire the breakaway switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 27, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-0432. Forest River's number for this recall is 45-1909.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1- 888-275-9171), or go to www.safercar.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 RiverNightfall | 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest RiverXLR Toyhauler 5TH Wheel | 2025 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 120 vehicles this is a small campaign: 68% 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, 2025, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2025, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Forest River vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 198 times before this, most recently in March 2025 as 25V149000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 25V277000 (electrical system).
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 March 14, 2025 as campaign 25V162000. 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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