NHTSA Campaign 15V480000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
NHTSA campaign 15V480000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: other: labels. The repair is free.
Forest River, Inc filed the report for 15V480000 with NHTSA on July 30, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V480000, NHTSA lists up to 207 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 15, 2013 and July 13, 2015.
The 15V480000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V480000 were scheduled from August 25, 2015, 26 days after the report.
15V480000 covers 2 models from Forest River, model years 2014–2016.
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V480000 ranks 146 of 360 Forest River, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 15V480000, Forest River, Inc has 183 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 15V480000 was 15V369000, reported on June 12, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Sandpiper and Sierra recreational vehicles manufactured October 15, 2013, to July 13, 2015. The affected vehicles may be equipped with Certification labels with an inaccurate gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 567, "Certification."
- The risk
- Inaccurate weight information can mislead an owner as to the vehicle's weight carrying capacity which could result in vehicle overloading and a crash.
- The fix
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new set of corrected certification labels, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-534-8386. Forest River's number for this recall is 03-07292015-0067.
Reported July 30, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V480000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V480000, 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: July 30, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted