The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Coachmen Galleria and PRISM, Forest River Forester, Battisti and Sunseeker and Dynamax Isata recreational vehicles built on Sprinter chassis with automatic transmission. The operator's manual does not correctly specify certain conditions under which the automatic parking function ("Auto-P") operates.
The risk
If the driver relies on the Auto-P function as described in the Operator's Manual, vehicle rollaway or movement may occur, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and Mercedes-Benz dealers will provide the correct description of the Auto-P function for the Operator's Manual, free of charge. The recall began June 25, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-348-7440 or Sprinter service at 1-877-762-8267. The booklet with correct information is also available online through Mercedes-Benz, free of charge.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Coachmen Galleria | 2020, 2021 |
| Coachmen Prism | 2020, 2021 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2020, 2021 |
| Forest River Battisti | 2020, 2021 |
| Forest River Forester | 2020, 2021 |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2020, 2021 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
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 Galleria | 2020 | 0 | 7 |
| Coachmen Galleria | 2021 | 0 | 8 |
| Coachmen Prism | 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| Coachmen Prism | 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2020 | 0 | 6 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| Forest River Battisti | 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Battisti | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Forester | 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| Forest River Forester | 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2021 | 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