Forest River recall: Trailer hitches
What is wrong
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand couplers. The couplers have an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds and may be overloaded, causing the hitch to fail.
What could happen
Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
The fix
Dealers will inspect the date code of the hitch coupler and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at Salem & Wildwood (574) 534-3167, Puma (574) 642-0588 or Cherokee (260) 499-2100. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1803.
Vehicles covered
- Forest River Cherokee 2025
- Forest River Puma 2024
- Forest River Salem 2024
- Forest River Wildwood 2024
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 24V531000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Forest River, Inc.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jul 12, 2024
- Owners notified
- Aug 2, 2024
- Vehicles or items affected
- 17
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Trailer hitches
- Maker's own recall number
- 51-1803
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Coachmen / Forest River recall: Structure Apr 14, 2025
- Coachmen / Forest River recall: Equipment Feb 21, 2025
- Forest River recall: Equipment Aug 16, 2024
- Forest River recall: Equipment Jun 4, 2024
- Forest River recall: Exterior lighting Jun 3, 2024
- Coachmen / East To West / Forest River and more recall: Equipment Jul 29, 2022
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.