NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Forest River Salem Recalls
The 2020 Forest River Salem has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Forest River Salem. Whether a recall on your own RV is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 12
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2020 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.
7 recalls on the 2020 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 2016–2019, 2021–2025 Salem, 2 other models
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- Campaign
- 21V621000
- Reported
- August 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems
- Campaign
- 20V727000
- Reported
- November 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,203
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 20V563000
- Reported
- September 18, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,397
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 20V482000
- Reported
- August 14, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 643
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Salem, 1 other model
Service brakes, electric
- Campaign
- 20V049000
- Reported
- January 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 218
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 19V754000
- Reported
- October 23, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2020 Forest River Salem complaints by year
NHTSA has received 12 owner complaints about the 2020 Forest River Salem, the newest on January 28, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2020 Forest River Salem, the component group named most often is the tires (42%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the equipment (8%).
1 of the 2020 Forest River Salem's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires5
- Electrical System3
- Equipment1
- Latches/Locks/Linkages1
- Structure1
- Unknown Or Other1
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2020 Forest River Salem peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 3. 83% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
The 12 complaints about the 2020 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 2020 Forest River models
Newest record on this page: October 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted