The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Charleston, 2017-2019 Legacy, 2017-2020 Berkshire, 2017 Coachmen Cross Country, and 2017-2020 Sportscoach motorhomes built on certain FCCC XB and XC chassis that received an inspection-only remedy for recall 18V-763. The rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged during manufacturing, possibly resulting in the rear marker lights, brake lights, or turn signals not functioning.
The risk
Non-functioning exterior marker lights can increase the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest Rivers will notify owners, and Daimler Trucks dealers will replace the old Power Distribution Module (PDM) with a new PDM, free of charge. The recall began January 18, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712 . Forest's number for this recall is 51-1203.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Coachmen Cross Country | 2017 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Forest River Charleston | 2017, 2018 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Components: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
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 Cross Country | 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2017 | 0 | 11 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2018 | 1 | 11 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2019 | 6 | 9 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| Forest River Charleston | 2017 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Charleston | 2018 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
Other exterior lighting recalls in 2020
37 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the exterior lighting; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
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| 20V775000 11 Dec 2020 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC |
| 20V737000 25 Nov 2020 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 20V704000 13 Nov 2020 | Zero Motorcycles Inc. |
| 20V698000 12 Nov 2020 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 20V609000 30 Sept 2020 | Tesla, Inc. |
| 20V612000 30 Sept 2020 | Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. |
| 20V584000 24 Sept 2020 | Navistar, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020