NHTSA recall 24V531000
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 | 24V531000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 51-1803 |
| Manufacturer | Forest River, Inc. |
| Reported | 2024-07-12 |
| Owners notified | 2024-08-02 |
| Component | TRAILER HITCHES |
| Units potentially affected | 17 |
| Part numbers | 135430 |
| Report | Quarterly report 8, for 2026 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2026-07-21 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 17 |
| Reported remedied | 11 (64%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
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.
| 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.