The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra, Sandpiper, XLR and Prime Time travel trailers. The axles may be missing inner bearing races on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub to overheat.
The risk
The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2018. For customer service, Catalina owners may contact Coachmen at 1-574-825-8657, Apex owners should call 1-574-358-0401, Shasta owners: 1-574-825-8717, Wildwood and Salem owners: 1-574-534-3167, Vibe owners: 1-574-296-2084, Sierra and Sandpiper owners: 1-574-534-4574, XLR owners: 1-574-642-0432, Prime Time owners: 1-574-862-1025. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0851.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Coachmen Apex | 2019 |
| Coachmen Catalina | 2019 |
| Forest River Prime Time | 2019 |
| Forest River Salem | 2019 |
| Forest River Sandpiper | 2019 |
| Forest River Shasta | 2019 |
| Forest River Sierra | 2019 |
| Forest River Vibe | 2019 |
| Forest River Wildwood | 2019 |
| Forest River XLR | 2019 |
Components: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coachmen Apex | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Coachmen Catalina | 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| Forest River Prime Time | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Salem | 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| Forest River Sandpiper | 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| Forest River Shasta | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Sierra | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest River Vibe | 2019 | 5 | 2 |
| Forest River Wildwood | 2019 | 5 | 11 |
| Forest River XLR | 2019 | 1 | 2 |
Other suspension recalls in 2018
50 of the 912 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2018 concerned the suspension; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
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| 18V904000 19 Dec 2018 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 18V914000 19 Dec 2018 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 18V893000 17 Dec 2018 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 18V876000 10 Dec 2018 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 18V857000 3 Dec 2018 | Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. |
| 18V851000 30 Nov 2018 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 18V853000 30 Nov 2018 | Keystone RV Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2018