# 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.

- 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

## 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.


## 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2019 COACHMEN CLIPPER
- 2020 COACHMEN CLIPPER
- 2019 COACHMEN VIKING
- 2020 COACHMEN VIKING
- [2020 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2020/recalls.md)
- 2020 FOREST RIVER EAST TO WEST
- 2020 FOREST RIVER INDEPENDENCE
- [2020 FOREST RIVER NO BOUNDARIES](/makes/forest-river/no-boundaries/2020/recalls.md)
- [2020 FOREST RIVER PUMA](/makes/forest-river/puma/2020/recalls.md)
- 2020 FOREST RIVER R\-POD
- [2020 FOREST RIVER SURVEYOR](/makes/forest-river/surveyor/2020/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [4251172](/bulletins/10176274.md), 2020-07-01, Service bulletin
- [511086](/bulletins/10176160.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)

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