The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Glaval Universal, Titan II, Titan II Low Floor, Legacy, Concorde II, and Entourage transit buses manufactured April 9, 2014, to October 6, 2014. During the alignment process, a tie rod jam nut my have been left loose.
The risk
A loose tie rod jam nut may result in a loss of control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the tie rod end jam nut, tightening it as needed, free of charge. The recall began on June 8, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-445-2825 extension 138. Forest River's number for this recall is 35-05262015-0038.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II LOW Floor | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Universal | 2014, 2015 |
Components: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II | 2014 | 0 | 7 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II | 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II LOW Floor | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Titan II LOW Floor | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Universal | 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Universal | 2015 | 0 | 4 |
Other steering recalls in 2015
41 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the steering; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
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| 15V885000 29 Dec 2015 | Temsa Global Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
| 15V878000 23 Dec 2015 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 15V845000 16 Dec 2015 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 15V829000 9 Dec 2015 | Newmar Corporation |
| 15V703000 26 Oct 2015 | Terex Advance |
| 15V687000 21 Oct 2015 | Spartan Motors USA |
| 15V679000 20 Oct 2015 | Fontaine Modification |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015