# NHTSA recall 22V135000

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: 22V135000
- Manufacturer's number: 51\-1485
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2022\-03\-08
- Owners notified: 2022\-04\-05
- Component: EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 1009
- Part numbers: 93379

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2022 Coachmen Catalina, Aurora, Apex, Freedom Express, Spirit, Work N Play, Forest River XLR Toy Hauler, Vengeance, Sabre, Cherokee, and Cardinal travel trailers and fifth wheels.  The wire cord that connects to the back of the 50AMP shore power inlet may be loose.


## What can happen

Loose wires may contact each other and cause an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the shore cord inlet, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 5, 2022.  Owners may contact the following customer service numbers: Forest River 1\-574\-825\-4995; Catalina \& Aurora 1\-574\-825\-8657; APEX 1\-574\-825\-8205; Freedom Express \& Work n Play 1\-574\-825\-6302; Cardinal 1\-574\-296\-7700; Cherokee and Vengeance 1\-260\-499\-2100; Sabre 1\-574\-642\-2100; and XLR 1\-574\-642\-0432.  Forest River's number for this recall is 51\-1485.


## 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 2, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1009
- Reported remedied: 653 \(64%\)
- Reported unreachable: 2
- 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

- 2022 COACHMEN APEX
- 2022 COACHMEN AURORA
- 2022 COACHMEN CATALINA
- 2022 COACHMEN FREEDOM EXPRESS
- 2022 COACHMEN SPIRIT
- 2022 COACHMEN WORK AND PLAY
- 2022 FOREST RIVER CARDINAL
- [2022 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2022/recalls.md)
- [2022 FOREST RIVER SABRE](/makes/forest-river/sabre/2022/recalls.md)
- [2022 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE](/makes/forest-river/vengeance/2022/recalls.md)
- [2022 FOREST RIVER XLR TOYHAULER](/makes/forest-river/xlr-toy-hauler/2022/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.

- [511906](/bulletins/11015784.md), 2025-03-19, Service bulletin
- [511680](/bulletins/10242572.md), 2023-10-02, 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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