The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015 and 2016 Rockport vehicles, models RPAF1466N, RPAF14FX and RPGSA92-12, manufactured from January 30, 2015, through February 24, 2015. The affected vehicles may have been manufactured without a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."
The risk
Without the TPMS, the driver would not be alerted one or more of the vehicle's tires is under-inflated. An under-inflated tire may result in tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Because the manufacturer of the chassis is General Motors LLC (GM), GM will notify owners, and GM dealers will install the correct hardware and software for the TPMS, free of charge. The recall began on May 9, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River at 1-574-295-1022 or GM customer service at 1-800-462-8782.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Forest River Rockport | 2015, 2016 |
Components: TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest River Rockport | 2015 | 0 | 6 |
| Forest River Rockport | 2016 | 0 | 6 |
Other tires recalls in 2016
21 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the tires; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 16V840000 21 Nov 2016 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 16V824000 15 Nov 2016 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 16V811000 8 Nov 2016 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 16V803000 4 Nov 2016 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 16V748000 17 Oct 2016 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 16V714000 6 Oct 2016 | Mack Trucks, Inc. |
| 16V696000 27 Sept 2016 | Thor Motor Coach |
| 16V591000 10 Aug 2016 | Temsa Global Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016