NHTSA recall 25V111000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 25V111000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 51-1895 |
| Manufacturer | Forest River, Inc. |
| Reported | 2025-02-21 |
| Owners notified | 2025-03-24 |
| Component | EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS |
| Units potentially affected | 1833 |
| Report | Quarterly report 1, for 2025 quarter 1 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2025-04-07 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 1833 |
| Reported remedied | 1833 (100%) |
| Reported unreachable | 0 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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.
What is wrong
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2025 Coachmen Catalina, 2020-2025 Aurora, and 2025 Puma travel trailers. The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) on the Federal placard may exceed the safety chain rating. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 110, "Tire Selection and Rims" and 120, "Wheels and Rims - Other Than Passenger Cars."
What can happen
An incorrect weight rating may lead to unintentionally overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will mail owners a corrected Federal Placard with application instructions, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 5745-825-4995, and Puma customer service at 1-574-642-0588. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1895.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.
| 2017 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
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| 2018 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2019 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2020 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2021 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2022 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2023 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2024 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2025 COACHMEN CATALINA | |
| 2020 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2021 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2022 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2023 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2024 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2025 FOREST RIVER AURORA | |
| 2025 FOREST RIVER PUMA |
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.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 511680 | 2023-10-02. Service bulletin. According to a Furrion TSB "TB-220919": Irregular cooling performance has been reported on the identified refrigerators. The refrigerator compressor has been found to stop working and requires a “hard reset” by disconnecting power to reset cooling operation. On occasion, disconnecting power does not reset operation and the refrigerator requires service replacement of the control boards. This TSB may not be applicable for some vehicles. |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.