# NHTSA recall 25V245000

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: 25V245000
- Manufacturer's number: 51\-1915
- Manufacturer: Forest River, Inc.
- Reported: 2025\-04\-14
- Owners notified: 2025\-04\-28
- Component: STRUCTURE:BODY:STEP/LADDER
- Units potentially affected: 4179
- Part numbers: STP\-641, STP57\-515

## What is wrong

Forest River, Inc. \(Forest River\) is recalling certain 2024\-2025 Coachmen Catalina, Forest River Aurora, Cascade, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Sandpiper, Sierra, 2025 Campsite Reserve, Impression, Pause, Puma, Sabre, Salem, Vengeance, and Wildwood fifth wheel and travel trailers, equipped with a removable step assembly.  The clip\-on bracket mounting bolts may come loose, allowing the steps to detach.


## What can happen

Steps that detach while in use increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and repair or replace the clip\-on bracket as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed April 28, 2025.  Owners may contact customer service at Aurora \& Catalina \(1\-574\-825\-4995\), Campsite Reserve, Cascade, Cherokee, Sabre, Vengeance \(1\-260\-499\-2100\), Cedar Creek \(1\-260\-593\-4000\), Impression \(1\-574\-327\-2716\), Pause \(1\-574\-327\-2681\), Puma \(1\-574\-642\-0588\), Sierra \& Sandpiper \(1\-574\-534\-4574\), and Salem \& Wildwood \(1\-574\-534\-3167\).  Forest River's number for this recall is 51\-1915.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\- 888\-275\-9171\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 5, for 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 4179
- Reported remedied: 1991 \(47%\)
- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- 2024 COACHMEN CATALINA
- 2025 COACHMEN CATALINA
- [2024 FOREST RIVER AURORA](/makes/forest-river/aurora/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER AURORA](/makes/forest-river/aurora/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER CAMPSITE RESERVE](/makes/forest-river/campsite-reserve/2025/recalls.md)
- [2024 FOREST RIVER CASCADE](/makes/forest-river/cascade/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER CASCADE](/makes/forest-river/cascade/2025/recalls.md)
- [2024 FOREST RIVER CEDAR CREEK](/makes/forest-river/cedar-creek/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER CEDAR CREEK](/makes/forest-river/cedar-creek/2025/recalls.md)
- [2024 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2024/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE](/makes/forest-river/cherokee/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER IMPRESSION](/makes/forest-river/impression/2025/recalls.md)
- 2025 FOREST RIVER PAUSE
- [2025 FOREST RIVER PUMA](/makes/forest-river/puma/2025/recalls.md)
- [2025 FOREST RIVER SABRE](/makes/forest-river/sabre/2025/recalls.md)
- 2025 FOREST RIVER SALEM
- 2024 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER
- 2025 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER
- 2024 FOREST RIVER SIERRA
- 2025 FOREST RIVER SIERRA
- [2025 FOREST RIVER VENGEANCE](/makes/forest-river/vengeance/2025/recalls.md)
- 2025 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD

## 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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