Foretravel Equipment: Carrier/Rack

Foretravel is recalling about 373 vehicles over a problem with the equipment.

Campaign
90V158000
Manufacturer
FORETRAVEL, INC.
Reported
27 August 1990
Vehicles
373
Built between
May 1987 – Nov 1988
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
21 August 1990
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between May 1987 and November 1988. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1987-1989 Foretravel Grand VillaBuilt May 1987 to November 1988

What the defect is

Incorrect lug bolts may have been used in the manufacturing of the spare wheel carrier. These lug bolts may break allowing the spare wheel to fall off. Consequence of defect: breakage of the lug bolts allowing the spare wheel to fall to the road way will create a road hazard for other vehicles.

What gets fixed

INSTALL PROPER SIZE WHEEL LUG BOLTS.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMay 1987 to November 1988
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA27 August 1990
  3. Owners notified21 August 1990

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 27 August 1990.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
FORETRAVEL, 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

System: spare tire carrier. Vehicle description: motorhomes, unihome models: U-300 and U-280. Conventionalmodels; ored and oreg.

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.

Same component

Same brand