The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Surveyor, NO BO, Cherokee, R. POD, Clipper, Viking, Independence, Puma and East to West trailers. The spare tire carrier U-bolts may fail allowing the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle.
The risk
If the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle while in motion, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace U-bolts, free of charge. The recall began March 20, 2020. Owners may contact Surveyor, NO BO, R. and POD customer service at 1-574-642-3119, Independence, Viking, and Clipper customer service at 1-269-467-4600, Puma customer service at -574-642-0606, East and West customer service at 1-574-264-6664 or Cherokee customer service at 1-877-426-5337. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1133.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Coachmen Clipper | 2019, 2020 |
| Coachmen Viking | 2019, 2020 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2020 |
| Forest River East TO West | 2020 |
| Forest River Independence | 2020 |
| Forest River NO Boundaries | 2020 |
| Forest River Puma | 2020 |
| Forest River R-POD | 2020 |
| Forest River Surveyor | 2020 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER | TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
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 Clipper | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Coachmen Clipper | 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| Coachmen Viking | 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| Coachmen Viking | 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest River Cherokee | 2020 | 14 | 7 |
| Forest River East TO West | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Independence | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River NO Boundaries | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Puma | 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| Forest River R-POD | 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| Forest River Surveyor | 2020 | 4 | 4 |
Other equipment recalls in 2020
134 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the equipment; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 20V809000 22 Dec 2020 | Escape Trailer |
| 20V804000 21 Dec 2020 | Thor Motor Coach |
| 20V799000 18 Dec 2020 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 20V796000 17 Dec 2020 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 20V789000 17 Dec 2020 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 20V780000 15 Dec 2020 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 20V777000 11 Dec 2020 | Altec Industries, Inc. |
| 20V767000 10 Dec 2020 | Forest River, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020