NHTSA Campaign 10V595000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
NHTSA campaign 10V595000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer. The repair is free.
FOREST RIVER, INC filed the report for 10V595000 with NHTSA on December 2, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V595000, NHTSA lists up to 58 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 23, 2010 and November 2, 2010.
The 10V595000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V595000 were scheduled from January 3, 2011, 32 days after the report.
10V595000 covers 1 model from Forest River, model years 2011.
Owners of the model years 10V595000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V595000 ranks 12 of 13 FOREST RIVER, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V595000, FOREST RIVER, INC has 5 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 10V595000 was 10V355000, reported on August 3, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- FOREST RIVER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 GEORGETOWN CLASS A MOTOR HOMES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY NO. 302, "FLAMMABILITY OF INTERIOR MATERIALS". THE FABRICS USED IN WINDOW TREATMENTS, WINDOW VALANCES, DRAPERY, AND BED SPREADS ARE NOT TREATED WITH FLAME RETARDANT.
- The risk
- FAILURE TO HAVE THE FABRIC TREATED WITH FLAME RETARDANT IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE COULD CAUSE THE FABRIC TO BURN FASTER INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS.
- The fix
- FOREST RIVER WILL BE SENDING REPLACEMENT PARTS TO THE DEALERS WITH FABRIC ALREADY TREATED WITH FLAME RETARDANT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 3, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FOREST RIVER AT 1-574-206-7605.
Reported December 2, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V595000 (1)
Forest River (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V595000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: December 2, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted