# NHTSA recall 21V442000

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: 21V442000
- Manufacturer's number: 77\-1361
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2021\-06\-11
- Owners notified: 2021\-06\-24
- Component: SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- Units potentially affected: 42

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2021 IBEX travel trailers.  The shackle nuts may have been insufficiently tightened during production.


## What can happen

Loose shackle nuts can fall off the shackle bolt, causing the axle to detach and increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will tighten shackle nuts, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 24, 2021.  Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1\-574\-642\-3119.  Forest River's number for this recall is 77\-1361.


## 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.nhtsa.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: 42
- Reported remedied: 32 \(76%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- 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 IBEX](/makes/forest-river/ibex/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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