The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Prime Time Sanibel, Crusader, Forest River Cardinal, and Continental Cargo fifth wheel trailers, equipped with certain Sailun tires, size ST235/80R16/G. Due to a manufacturing issue, the tires may experience a belt separation.
The risk
Belt separation could lead to loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect the tire DOT codes, and replace the tires as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 1, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-4995. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1449.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Continental Cargo | 2021, 2022 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2021, 2022 |
| Prime Time Crusader | 2021, 2022 |
| Prime Time Sanibel | 2021, 2022 |
Components: TIRES:TREAD/BELT
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Cargo | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Continental Cargo | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Prime Time Crusader | 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| Prime Time Crusader | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Prime Time Sanibel | 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| Prime Time Sanibel | 2022 | 0 | 6 |
Other tires recalls in 2022
24 of the 933 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2022 concerned the tires; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
| 22V950000 22 Dec 2022 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 22V919000 12 Dec 2022 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 22V815000 31 Oct 2022 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 22V808000 27 Oct 2022 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 22V588000 5 Aug 2022 | KTM North America, Inc. |
| 22V534000 22 Jul 2022 | Monroe Towmaster,LLC |
| 22V532000 22 Jul 2022 | Daimler Trucks North America, LLC |
| 22V509000 19 Jul 2022 | Kia Motors America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2022