NHTSA recall 18V624000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
|---|---|
| Campaign number | 18V624000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 51-0851 |
| Manufacturer | Forest River, Inc. |
| Reported | 2018-09-13 |
| Owners notified | 2018-10-09 |
| Component | SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY |
| Units potentially affected | 935 |
| Report | Quarterly report 13, for 2021 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2022-01-30 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 935 |
| Reported remedied | 435 (46%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 4, 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 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra, Sandpiper, XLR and Prime Time travel trailers. The axles may be missing inner bearing races on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub to overheat.
What can happen
The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2018. For customer service, Catalina owners may contact Coachmen at 1-574-825-8657, Apex owners should call 1-574-358-0401, Shasta owners: 1-574-825-8717, Wildwood and Salem owners: 1-574-534-3167, Vibe owners: 1-574-296-2084, Sierra and Sandpiper owners: 1-574-534-4574, XLR owners: 1-574-642-0432, Prime Time owners: 1-574-862-1025. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0851.
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.
| 2019 COACHMEN APEX | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
|---|---|
| 2019 COACHMEN CATALINA | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER PRIME TIME | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER SALEM | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER SHASTA | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER SIERRA | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER VIBE | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
| 2019 FOREST RIVER XLR | Built 2018-06-19 to 2018-08-01. |
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