NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Forest River Salem Recalls
The 2016 Forest River Salem has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Forest River Salem. Whether a recall on your own RV is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 9
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2016 Forest River Salem, the 17-character VIN is on a plate near the entry door, inside a cabinet, or on the trailer tongue for a towable.
8 recalls on the 2016 Forest River Salem
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 25V682000
- Reported
- October 10, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2025 Salem, 2 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 18V550000
- Reported
- August 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,847
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2019 Salem, 4 other models
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- Campaign
- 18V436000
- Reported
- June 27, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 326
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2019 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V756000
- Reported
- November 22, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 365,885
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2015, 2017–2018 Salem, 22 other models
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- Campaign
- 15V831000
- Reported
- December 10, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 721
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 15V645000
- Reported
- October 13, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 78
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- 49 CFR Part 567, certification label
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 15V359000
- Reported
- June 9, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,497
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly
- Campaign
- 15V231000
- Reported
- April 20, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2016 Forest River Salem complaints by year
NHTSA has received 9 owner complaints about the 2016 Forest River Salem, the newest on August 10, 2020. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2016 Forest River Salem, the component group named most often is the wheels (33%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the equipment (22%).
2 of the 2016 Forest River Salem's 8 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other4
- Wheels3
- Electrical System2
- Equipment2
- Structure2
- Suspension1
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2016 Forest River Salem peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 3. 89% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
The 9 complaints about the 2016 Forest River Salem are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Forest River Salem by model year
Other 2016 Forest River models
Newest record on this page: October 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted