# NHTSA recall 20V297000

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: 20V297000
- Manufacturer's number: 37\-1170
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2020\-05\-22
- Owners notified: 2020\-06\-08
- Component: TRAILER HITCHES; EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- Units potentially affected: 88

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2020\-2021 Surveyor Travel Trailers, model SVT296QBLE.  The safety chains are insufficient for the trailer's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating \(GVWR\) and may break in the event of the trailer coming unhitched.


## What can happen

If the vehicle trailer becomes detached from the tow\-vehicle, the safety chains may break, leading to complete detachment and potential property damage, personal injury or a crash.


## The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and a dealer or service center will replace the safety chains, free of charge.  The recall began June 8, 2020.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-574\-642\-3112.  Forest River's number for this recall is 37\-1170.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 2 to 2025 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-04\-09
- Vehicles in the campaign: 88
- Reported remedied: 44 \(50%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 1, 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 SURVEYOR](/makes/forest-river/surveyor/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 FOREST RIVER SURVEYOR](/makes/forest-river/surveyor/2021/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.

- [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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