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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number18V186000
Manufacturer's number51-0687
ManufacturerForest River, Inc.
Reported2018-03-21
Owners notified2018-04-19
ComponentEQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
Units potentially affected448
Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
ReportQuarterly report 17, for 2022 quarter 2
Filed with NHTSA2022-07-29
Vehicles in the campaign448
Reported remedied150 (33%)
Reported unreachable2
Reported removed0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2022 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.

What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Forest River Cherokee recreational trailers, models CCKT16BF, CCKT16BHS, CCKT16FQ, CCKT16GR, CCKT16GRH, CCKT17RP and CCKT18TO. These vehicles are equipped with Norcold N306 mini refrigerators that may have a loose or missing propane gas valve test port screw, allowing propane to leak out when the refrigerator is used in 'gas' mode.

What can happen

A propane leak increases the risk of a fire.

The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and Norcold dealers will install and tighten the gas valve port screw, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 19, 2018. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-260-499-2100, or Norcold customer service at 1-800-543-1219. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0687.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2017 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEEBuilt 2017-09-19 to 2017-12-18.
2018 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEEBuilt 2017-09-19 to 2017-12-18.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
5107802018-10-15. Service bulletin. Per the service bulletin from Dometic ?Dometic Corporation has identified a visual cosmetic defect that has occurred on our Dometic DM2652 refrigerators up in the freezer compartment. This does NOT occur on all units, but may be present on units with serial numbers starting with MB between 805xxxxx and 820XXXXX. The visual cosmetic defect in no way affects the performance, operation, safety, or function of the refrigerator and does not represent a non-compliance issue to one or more of the FMVSS standards or result in a risk of personal injury, death, vehicle crash, or property damage.?

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

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