Recall · 25V278000
Forest River Bus recalled 3 models over electrical system
453
Vehicles covered
3
Models
7
Model years
April 25, 2025
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- The defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Champion Challenger, Defender, 2024-2025 Glaval Entourage, and 2023-2024 Glaval Universal transit buses. The entry door ground wire may be incorrectly connected to the positive side of the battery instead of the negative ground.
- What it can cause
- An incorrect ground connection increases the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will repair the wiring at the entry door, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 800-348-7440. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 05-1925.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forest River BusChampion Bus | 2023 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Forest River BusGlaval Entourage | 2024 to 2025 | Not published here |
| Glaval BusUniversal | 2023 to 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 453 vehicles this is a small campaign: 50% 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 2025, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Glaval Bus vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 5 times before this, most recently in January 2022 as 22V029000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 25V780000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 24V324000 (seats), 24V253000 (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 Bus, LLC with NHTSA on April 25, 2025 as campaign 25V278000. 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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