# NHTSA recall 18V034000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V034000
- Manufacturer's number: 17A\-0609
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-01\-11
- Owners notified: 2018\-02\-14
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 223

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2017\-2018 Forest River Cherokee travel trailers.  On the affected trailers, a 14 gauge and a 12 gauge neutral wire for the 110V Air Conditioning were connected to the same lug in the 120V panel neutral bus bar.


## What can happen

If both wires were connected to same lug, the smaller wire may overheat and fail due to trying to handle a higher load, thereby increasing the risk of an electrical fire.


## The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the subject wire to another 14 gauge terminal, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on February 14, 2018.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-260\-499\-2100.  Forest River's number for this recall is 17A\-0609.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 14, for 2021 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-07\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 223
- Reported remedied: 93 \(41%\)
- Reported unreachable: 7
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 2, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2017/recalls.md). Built 2017\-03\-20 to 2017\-10\-30.
- [2018 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-03\-20 to 2017\-10\-30.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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