The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Cascade and Cherokee travel trailers. The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the vehicle exceeds the GVWR of the trailer hitch coupler, potentially resulting in the coupler failing and the trailer detaching.
The risk
A trailer that detaches from the tow vehicle can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners and dealers will replace the coupler, free of charge. The recall began February 17, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-260-499-2100 or 1-541-995-3447. Forest River's number for this recall is 64-1114.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Forest River Cascade | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Components: TRAILER HITCHES
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 Cascade | 2018 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Cascade | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cascade | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2018 | 14 | 8 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2020 | 14 | 7 |
Other trailer hitches recalls in 2019
19 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the trailer hitches; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 19V901000 18 Dec 2019 | MORryde International, Inc. |
| 19V891000 13 Dec 2019 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 19V847000 25 Nov 2019 | The Toro Company |
| 19V778000 30 Oct 2019 | Temp-Air, Inc |
| 19V760000 24 Oct 2019 | Southern Pride Distributing LLC |
| 19V753000 21 Oct 2019 | Airstream, Inc. |
| 19V708000 4 Oct 2019 | Outdoors RV Manufacturing |
| 19V628000 28 Aug 2019 | Jayco, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019