Forest River recall: Equipment
What is wrong
Forest river is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat.
What could happen
An overheated receiver could cause a fire.
The fix
Forest river is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on january 28, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539.
Vehicles covered
- Forest River Berkshire 2007
- Forest River Cardinal 2001–2005
- Forest River Cedar Creek 2003–2006, 2009
- Forest River Charleston 2004–2005, 2007
- Forest River Flagstaff 2005, 2007
- Forest River Georgetown 2001–2005
- Forest River Rockwood 2005, 2007
- Forest River Salem 2004, 2007
- Forest River Salem Le 2007
- Forest River Sandpiper 2004
- Forest River Sierra 2004
- Forest River Wildwood Le 2007
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 10V454000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Forest River, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Oct 1, 2010
- Owners notified
- Jan 28, 2011
- Vehicles or items affected
- 2,207
- Started by
- NHTSA investigation
- Built
- –
- Part
- Equipment
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Forest River recall: Equipment Jan 20, 2023
- Forest River recall: Electrical system May 27, 2022
- Forest River recall: Electrical system Sep 3, 2021
- Coachmen / Forest River recall: Equipment Jul 9, 2021
- Forest River recall: Exterior lighting Mar 29, 2021
- Coachmen / Dynamax / Forest River recall: Equipment Nov 23, 2020
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.