NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Forest River Cardinal Recalls
The 2021 Forest River Cardinal has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 17, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Forest River Cardinal. Whether a recall on your own RV is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2021 Forest River Cardinal, the 17-character VIN is on a plate near the entry door, inside a cabinet, or on the trailer tongue for a towable.
6 recalls on the 2021 Forest River Cardinal
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 24V272000
- Reported
- April 17, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,480
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 22V004000
- Reported
- January 7, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,164
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Forest River Cardinal
Equipment: electrical: accessory generator
- Campaign
- 21V988000
- Reported
- December 17, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Cardinal
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- Campaign
- 21V145000
- Reported
- March 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 309
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Forest River Cardinal
Equipment
- Campaign
- 21V141000
- Reported
- March 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 21
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Forest River Cardinal
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: furnace
- Campaign
- 20V655000
- Reported
- October 26, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Forest River Cardinal
2021 Forest River Cardinal complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1 owner complaint about the 2021 Forest River Cardinal, the newest on August 13, 2025.
In complaints about the 2021 Forest River Cardinal, the component group named most often is the structure (100%).
None of the 2021 Forest River Cardinal's 6 recalls concerns the structure.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure1
- Unknown Or Other1
Of the 2021 Forest River Cardinal complaints, 0% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
The 1 complaints about the 2021 Forest River Cardinal are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Forest River Cardinal by model year
Other 2021 Forest River models
Newest record on this page: August 13, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted