# NHTSA recall 21V374000

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: 21V374000
- Manufacturer's number: 410\-1350
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-05\-21
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-09
- Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:120/240 VAC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SERVICE PANEL:BREAKERS/RELAYS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:SWITCHES/KNOBS/BUTTONS
- Units potentially affected: 93

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2021 Columbus Fifth Wheel trailers.  The breakaway switch and trailer brakes may not activate when needed due to an incorrectly wired breakaway switch.


## What can happen

Failure of the breakaway switch and trailer brakes can increase the risk of a crash or injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will rewire the breakaway switch, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 9, 2021.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-574\-821\-1487.  Forest River's number for this recall is 410\-1350.


## 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 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 93
- Reported remedied: 54 \(58%\)
- Reported unreachable: 3
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 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

- [2021 FOREST RIVER COLUMBUS](/makes/forest-river/columbus/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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