The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Legacy and 2018-2021 Berkshire motorhomes built on a Daimler Trucks (DTNA) chassis. The tire valve stem extension for the inner wheel may come in contact with the outer wheel rim opening and become damaged.
The risk
Extensive damage to the valve stem extension may result in a loss of tire pressure of the inner wheel, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and DTNA will inspect the inner wheel valve stem stabilizers, or replace as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 24, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-547-0712 or DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1228. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-861.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Components: TIRES:VALVE
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 Sportscoach | 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| Coachmen Sportscoach | 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2018 | 1 | 11 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2019 | 6 | 9 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| Forest River Berkshire | 2021 | 3 | 8 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Legacy | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
Other tires recalls in 2020
17 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the tires; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 20V725000 20 Nov 2020 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 20V702000 13 Nov 2020 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 20V685000 5 Nov 2020 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 20V684000 5 Nov 2020 | General Motors LLC |
| 20V606000 2 Oct 2020 | Keystone RV Company |
| 20V577000 23 Sept 2020 | Airstream, Inc. |
| 20V566000 18 Sept 2020 | Newmar Corporation |
| 20V559000 15 Sept 2020 | Thor Motor Coach |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020