# NHTSA recall 19V583000

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: 19V583000
- Manufacturer's number: 410\-1071
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2019\-08\-09
- Owners notified: 2019\-09\-09
- Component: STRUCTURE:EMERGENCY:ESCAPE/EGRESS/EXIT
- Units potentially affected: 39

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2020 Columbus Fifthwheel Trailers.  The rear ladder blocks the egress window on the rear wall, preventing the use of the window.


## What can happen

In the event of an emergency, occupants may not be able to exit the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install an egress window, free of charge.  The recall began September 9, 2019.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-574\-821\-1487.  Forest River's number for this recall is 410\-1071.


## 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 9, for 2021 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-10\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 39
- Reported remedied: 29 \(74%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2021 quarter 3, 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

- [2020 FOREST RIVER COLUMBUS](/makes/forest-river/columbus/2020/recalls.md). Built 2019\-04\-30 to 2019\-07\-31.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [4101371\-S](/bulletins/10213499.md), 2022-06-14, Service bulletin
- [511150](/bulletins/10176161.md), 2020-06-04, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/19V583000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/19V583000)

[Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2019V583000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F19V583000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2019V583000)