The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Forest River Cardinal, Wildcat, 2018-2019 Cedar Creek, 2021 Columbus, 2023 Continental Cargo, 2021-2024 Dynamax DX3, Dynamax Dynaquest XL, Dynamax Isata, Forest River IBEX, 2022-2024 Dynamax Europa, Forest River NOBO, 2022-2023 Forest River Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, and 2021-2023 Dynamax Force trailers. The LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.
The risk
A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the LED backlights and terminate the wiring, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed by May 14, 2024. Owners may contact Suburban customer service at 1-574-247-9235 option 5; Cardinal & Wildcat customer service at 1-574-296-7700; Cedar Creek customer service at 1-260-593-4000; Columbus customer service at 1-574-821-1487; Continental Cargo customer service at 1-254-420-0171; Dynamax customer service at 1-574-264-6664; Ibex & Nobo customer service at 1-574-6421612; and Sandstorm & Shockwave customer service at 1-909-873-3777. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1760.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Dynamax DX3 | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Dynamax Europa | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Dynamax Force | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2021, 2022 |
| Forest River Cedar Creek | 2018, 2019 |
| Forest River Columbus | 2021 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2023 |
| Forest River Ibex | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Forest River NO Boundaries | 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Forest River Sandstorm | 2022, 2023 |
| Forest River Shockwave | 2022, 2023 |
| Forest River Stealth | 2022, 2023 |
| Forest River Wildcat | 2021, 2022 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamax DX3 | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax DX3 | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax DX3 | 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamax DX3 | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Dynaquest XL | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Europa | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Europa | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| Dynamax Europa | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Force | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Force | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Force | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| Forest River Cardinal | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Forest River Cedar Creek | 2018 | 4 | 4 |
| Forest River Cedar Creek | 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| Forest River Columbus | 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| Forest River Continental Cargo | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Ibex | 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| Forest River Ibex | 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| Forest River Ibex | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River Ibex | 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| Forest River NO Boundaries | 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| Forest River NO Boundaries | 2023 | 1 | 2 |
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156 of the 950 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2024 concerned the equipment; Forest River, Inc. filed 592 campaigns in all.
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NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2024