The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015 Glaval Bus Apollo, Concorde, Entourage, and Legacy, and Elkhart Coach ECE4, 2014-2016 AllStar XL, and 2014-2015 Forest River Rockport, Starcraft Starquest, AllStar, Starlite, AllStar MVP, XLT, and Xpress vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with a back up camera system which may display images from the camera in reverse.
The risk
If an object or person are on the left side of the screen but are actually on the right side of the vehicle, or vice versa, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the camera, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-264-5179. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-06232015-0057.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Elkhart ECE4 | 2015 |
| Forest River Rockport | 2014, 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2015 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar | 2014, 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar MVP | 2014, 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar XL | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Starcraft Bus Starlite | 2014, 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus Starquest | 2014, 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus XLT | 2014, 2015 |
| Starcraft Bus Xpress | 2014, 2015 |
Components: BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart ECE4 | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Rockport | 2014 | 0 | 6 |
| Forest River Rockport | 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| Glaval Bus Apollo | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Glaval Bus Concorde II | 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| Glaval Bus Entourage | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Glaval Bus Legacy | 2015 | 0 | 5 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar MVP | 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar MVP | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar XL | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar XL | 2015 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus Allstar XL | 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus Starlite | 2014 | 0 | 4 |
| Starcraft Bus Starlite | 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| Starcraft Bus Starquest | 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| Starcraft Bus Starquest | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Starcraft Bus XLT | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus XLT | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| Starcraft Bus Xpress | 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| Starcraft Bus Xpress | 2015 | 0 | 1 |
Other back over prevention recalls in 2015
5 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the back over prevention; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 15V526000 18 Aug 2015 | Turtle Top |
| 15V513000 13 Aug 2015 | Halcore Group, Inc. |
| 15V488000 5 Aug 2015 | Ameritrans Bus, Inc. |
| 15V247000 27 Apr 2015 | Spartan Motors, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015