NHTSA recall 20V075000

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.

Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	20V075000
Manufacturer's number	51-1133
Manufacturer	Forest River, Inc.
Reported	2020-02-12
Owners notified	2020-03-20
Component	TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE; EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
Units potentially affected	4464

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 11, for 2022 quarter 3
Filed with NHTSA	2022-10-20
Vehicles in the campaign	4464
Reported remedied	2772 (62%)
Reported unreachable	68
Reported removed	0

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

What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Surveyor, NO BO, Cherokee, R. POD, Clipper, Viking, Independence, Puma and East to West trailers. The spare tire carrier U-bolts may fail allowing the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle.

What can happen

If the spare tire carrier and spare tire detach from the vehicle while in motion, it can become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace U-bolts, free of charge. The recall began March 20, 2020. Owners may contact Surveyor, NO BO, R. and POD customer service at 1-574-642-3119, Independence, Viking, and Clipper customer service at 1-269-467-4600, Puma customer service at -574-642-0606, East and West customer service at 1-574-264-6664 or Cherokee customer service at 1-877-426-5337. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1133.

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
2019 COACHMEN CLIPPER
2020 COACHMEN CLIPPER
2019 COACHMEN VIKING
2020 COACHMEN VIKING
2020 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE
2020 FOREST RIVER EAST TO WEST
2020 FOREST RIVER INDEPENDENCE
2020 FOREST RIVER NO BOUNDARIES
2020 FOREST RIVER PUMA
2020 FOREST RIVER R-POD
2020 FOREST RIVER SURVEYOR

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
4251172	2020-07-01. Service bulletin. The Model Year identifier in the VIN (10th digit) that is printed on the Federal Placard is incorrect.
511086	2020-06-04. Service bulletin. The P-Trap swivel fitting may crack during normal use, potentially allowing water to leak, which may lead to premature degradation of any non-water resistant components.