# NHTSA recall 24V265000

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: 24V265000
- Manufacturer's number: 15\-1755
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2024\-04\-12
- Owners notified: 2024\-05\-06
- Component: TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY
- Units potentially affected: 100
- Part numbers: 2020131232, 786091

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2024 Cardinal and Wildcat Fifth Wheels trailers.  The operator may utilize the rear towing hitch without locking the turning point fifth wheel hitch into the "Conventional Transport" position.


## What can happen

Towing while in a different position can cause the upper front structure to break and the pin box to separate from the vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Dealers will install a warning label to the hitch and rear wall of the vehicle, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 6, 2024.  Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at 1\-574\-296\-7700.  Forest River's number for this recall is 15\-1755.


## 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: Quarterly report 1, for 2024 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2024\-07\-25
- Vehicles in the campaign: 100
- Reported remedied: 100 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2024 quarter 2, 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

- 2024 FOREST RIVER CARDINAL
- [2024 FOREST RIVER WILDCAT](/makes/forest-river/wildcat/2024/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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