NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Forest River Salem Recalls
The 2021 Forest River Salem has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Forest River Salem. Whether a recall on your own RV is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 4
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2021 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.
10 recalls on the 2021 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 2016–2020, 2022–2025 Salem, 2 other models
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: plumbing: potable water: storage tank
- Campaign
- 22V729000
- Reported
- September 30, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,168
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Salem, 2 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 22V562000
- Reported
- August 2, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 609
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines and fittings
- Campaign
- 22V243000
- Reported
- April 13, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99,190
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Salem, 23 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 21V745000
- Reported
- September 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- 49 CFR Part 567, certification label
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer
- Campaign
- 21V621000
- Reported
- August 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Salem, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 21V443000
- Reported
- June 11, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 289
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: furnace
- Campaign
- 20V589000
- Reported
- September 25, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 551
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 20V563000
- Reported
- September 18, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,397
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020 Salem, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 20V482000
- Reported
- August 14, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 643
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Salem, 1 other model
2021 Forest River Salem complaints by year
NHTSA has received 4 owner complaints about the 2021 Forest River Salem, the newest on November 21, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2021 Forest River Salem, the component group named most often is the equipment (25%), followed by the structure (25%) and the suspension (25%).
6 of the 2021 Forest River Salem's 10 recalls also concern the equipment.
Component groups named in complaints
- Equipment1
- Structure1
- Suspension1
- Unknown Or Other1
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2021 Forest River Salem peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 3. 100% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
The 4 complaints about the 2021 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 2021 Forest River models
Newest record on this page: October 10, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted