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NHTSA recall 24V531000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number24V531000
Manufacturer's number51-1803
ManufacturerForest River, Inc.
Reported2024-07-12
Owners notified2024-08-02
ComponentTRAILER HITCHES
Units potentially affected17
Part numbers135430
Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
ReportQuarterly report 8, for 2026 quarter 2
Filed with NHTSA2026-07-21
Vehicles in the campaign17
Reported remedied11 (64%)
Reported unreachable0
Reported removed0

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

What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand couplers. The couplers have an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds and may be overloaded, causing the hitch to fail.

What can happen

Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the date code of the hitch coupler and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at Salem & Wildwood (574) 534-3167, Puma (574) 642-0588 or Cherokee (260) 499-2100. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1803.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2025 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE
2024 FOREST RIVER PUMA
2024 FOREST RIVER SALEM
2024 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

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