- Vehicles
- 721
- Built between
- Sep 2015 – Dec 2015
- Models
- 6
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 27 January 2016
- Repaired
- 43%
- Unrepaired
- 409
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 2015 and December 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2016 Forest River EVOBuilt September 2015 to December 2015
- 2016 Forest River SalemBuilt September 2015 to December 2015
- 2016 Forest River SandstormBuilt September 2015 to December 2015
- 2016 Forest River ShockwaveBuilt September 2015 to December 2015
- 2016 Forest River StealthBuilt September 2015 to December 2015
- 2016 Forest River WildwoodBuilt September 2015 to November 2015
Repair progress
409 of 721 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2022.
43% repaired — 312 of 721 reported
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016 Evo, Salem, Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, and Wildwood recreational trailers. The affected vehicles were mistakenly not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector to warn occupants of elevated levels of carbon monoxide.
What could happen
If occupants are not warned elevated carbon monoxide levels, they are at an increased risk of injury.
What gets fixed
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will remove the existing Liquid Propane (L.P.) Detector and install a combination L.P./carbon monoxide detector, free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2016.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 2015 to December 2015
- Recall reported to NHTSA10 December 2015
- Owners notified27 January 2016
- Latest repair reportQ3 2022 — 43% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 10 December 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-909-873-3777, extension 53. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-12072015-0119.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- 51-12072015-0119
- Recalling manufacturer
- Forest River, Inc.
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional 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.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.