The defect
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Ahara, Entrada, 2022-2025 FR3, Georgetown, 2021-2023 Dynamax Isata, 2021-2025 Encore, Mirada, Pursuit, 2025 Sportscoach, V-Cruise, V-Sport, V-Tour, 2023 Sunseeker, and 2024-2025 V-RV motorhomes, equipped with General Electric air conditioners with a soft start device with part number ICM870-16A-BH5400. The air conditioner soft start device may fail and overheat.
The risk
An air conditioner soft start device that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the soft start, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 1, 2025. Owners may contact Encore, Mirada, Pursuit and Sportscoach customer service at 1-574-825-8212, Isata customer service at 574-262-3474, Georgetown, FR3, and Sunseeker customer service at 574-206-7600, Ahara and Entrada customer service at 574-264-6664, and V-Cruise, V-RV, V-Sport, and V-Tour customer service at 574-617-6408. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1839.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Dynamax Isata | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| East TO West Ahara Travel Trailer | 2024 |
| East TO West Entrada | 2024 |
| Forest River Encore | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River FR3 | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River Sportscoach | 2025 |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2023 |
| Forest River V-Cruise | 2025 |
| Forest River V-RV | 2024, 2025 |
| Forest River V-Sport | 2025 |
| Forest River V-Tour | 2025 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
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 Isata | 2021 | 1 | 7 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| Dynamax Isata | 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| East TO West Ahara Travel Trailer | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| East TO West Entrada | 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| Forest River Encore | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Encore | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Encore | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Encore | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Encore | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River FR3 | 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| Forest River FR3 | 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| Forest River FR3 | 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| Forest River FR3 | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| Forest River Georgetown | 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Mirada | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Pursuit | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Sportscoach | 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Forest River Sunseeker | 2023 | 2 | 5 |
Other equipment recalls in 2024
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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| 24V952000 20 Dec 2024 | Altec Industries, Inc. |
| 24V934000 17 Dec 2024 | Cummins, Inc. |
| 24V929000 13 Dec 2024 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 24V931000 13 Dec 2024 | Featherlite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC |
| 24V912000 6 Dec 2024 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 24V902000 29 Nov 2024 | Kuntry Kustom RV, LLC |
| 24V893000 26 Nov 2024 | Volvo Bus Corporation |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2024