# NHTSA recall 18V296000

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: 18V296000
- Manufacturer's number: 37\-0719
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2018\-05\-04
- Owners notified: 2018\-05\-09
- Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- Units potentially affected: 29

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2018 Forest River Surveyor recreational trailers, model SVT241RBLE.  The refrigerator in the slide room may not have an air cycling fan to cool the refrigerator parts, which can cause the refrigerator to overheat.


## What can happen

If the refrigerator overheats, the cooling tubes may fail, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Forest River has notified owners, and dealers will install a cooling fan assembly, free of charge.  The recall began on May 9, 2018. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-574\-642\-3119.  Forest River's number for this recall is 37\-0719.


## 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 13, for 2021 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-07\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 29
- Reported remedied: 18 \(62%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- 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

- [2018 FOREST RIVER SURVEYOR](/makes/forest-river/surveyor/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-24 to 2018\-02\-06.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [511086](/bulletins/10176160.md), 2020-06-04, Service bulletin
- [510780](/bulletins/10145692.md), 2018-10-15, Service bulletin

## 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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