# NHTSA recall 20V553000

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: 20V553000
- Manufacturer's number: 17\-1193
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2020\-09\-11
- Owners notified: 2020\-10\-13
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 273

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2014\-2016 Vengenance BVGF312A, BCKT24PACK14, BVGF312A, BVGF315A11, BVGF316A, BVGF316A11, BVGF320A, BWZVGF312A, BWZVGF316A and BWZVGF320A trailers.  The Federal Placard may indicate an incorrect amount of water for trailers with the 100\-gallon option, allowing the trailer to be overloaded.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 120, "Wheels and Rims\-Other than Passenger Cars" and 567, "Certification."


## What can happen

An overloaded trailer has an increased risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new placard  that reflects the 100\-gallon tank, free of charge.  The recall began October 13, 2020.  Owners may contact Forest customer service at 1\-260\-499\-2100.  Forest River's number for this recall is 17\-1193.


## 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 1, for 2020 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2021\-01\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 273
- Reported remedied: 273 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE](/makes/forest-river/vengeance/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE](/makes/forest-river/vengeance/2015/recalls.md)
- [2016 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE](/makes/forest-river/vengeance/2016/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.

- [171193](/bulletins/10177432.md), 2020-07-24, 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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