NHTSA Campaign 16V450000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:LINES AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 16V450000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: lines and fittings. The repair is free.
Forest River, Inc filed the report for 16V450000 with NHTSA on June 21, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V450000, NHTSA lists up to 175 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 11, 2015 and October 27, 2015.
The 16V450000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V450000 were scheduled from August 1, 2016, 41 days after the report.
16V450000 covers 1 model from Forest River, model years 2016–2017.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V450000 ranks 162 of 360 Forest River, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V450000, Forest River, Inc has 183 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 16V450000 was 16V419000, reported on June 9, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Flagstaff recreational trailers manufactured August 11, 2015, through October 27, 2015, and Work N' Play recreational trailers manufactured from October 25, 2015, through May 6, 2016. The MB Sturgis liquid propane (LP) regulator on these vehicles may allow propane gas to leak into the regulator sight glass causing it to degrade and potentially crack.
- The risk
- If the indicator sight glass cracks, propane gas may leak out. In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could occure.
- The fix
- Forest River will notify owners. A remedy plan has not been determined. The recall began on August 1, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-888-291-6665. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-05312016-0205.
Reported June 21, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V450000 (2)
Forest River (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V450000, 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: June 21, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted