The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2023 Continental Cargo, 2019-2022 Cargo Mate, and 2020 Cross Bow cargo trailers, equipped with certain Warn Winches with a wireless handheld remote. Water may enter the handheld remote control for the winch and cause circuit board corrosion, which can allow the winch to operate unintentionally.
The risk
A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
The remedy
Forest River will work with Warn Industries, Inc. to provide owners instructions on how to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery pack from the remote. If corrosion or water intrusion is found when removing the battery pack owners should stop using the remote and contact WARN customer service for a replacement remote, free of charge. Once new parts are available, WARN will make a replacement water resistant remote available, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 6, 2023. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1608.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Forest River Cargo Mate | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Forest River Cross BOW | 2020 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:WINCH | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest River Cargo Mate | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cargo Mate | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cargo Mate | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Cargo Mate | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Cross BOW | 2020 | 0 | 1 |
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119 of the 894 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2023 concerned the equipment; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
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NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2023