# NHTSA recall 21V059000

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: 21V059000
- Manufacturer's number: 22\-1289
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-02\-08
- Owners notified: 2021\-02\-22
- Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
- Units potentially affected: 53

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2021 Wildcat Travel Trailer models WCT247RXX\-OR and WCT276FKX\-OR.  The safety chains do not meet the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating \(GVWR\) and could potentially break.


## What can happen

Safety chain breakage could cause the trailer to detach from the tow vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the safety chains with correctly rated safety chains, free of charge. The recall began February 22, 2021.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-503\-831\-5410.  Forest River's number for this recall is 22\-1189.


## 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 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 53
- Reported remedied: 31 \(58%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2021 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT](/makes/forest-river/wildcat/2021/recalls.md)

## 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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