NHTSA Campaign 16V552000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
NHTSA campaign 16V552000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer. The repair is free.
Forest River, Inc filed the report for 16V552000 with NHTSA on July 25, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V552000, NHTSA lists up to 1,330 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2013 and July 14, 2016.
Owner notification letters for 16V552000 were scheduled from September 12, 2016, 49 days after the report.
16V552000 covers 2 models from Forest River, model years 2013–2017.
Owners of the model years 16V552000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V552000 vehicles, the 2015 Forest River Dynamax has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V552000 ranks 60 of 360 Forest River, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 16V552000, Forest River, Inc has 183 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 16V552000 was 16V550000, reported on July 22, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2017 Dynamax and Coachmen Pursuit recreational vehicles and 2016-2017 Freelander and Orion recreational vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with shower curtains that may not adequately resist catching fire in the presence of an ignition source. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 302, "Flammability of Interior Materials."
- The risk
- A flammable shower curtain may further fuel a fire, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the shower curtains with curtains made with fire retardant, free of charge. The recall began on September 12, 2016. Owners may contact Dynamax customer service at 1-574-262-3474, Pursuit customer service at 1-574-825-8305 (east of the Mississippi) or 1-574-825-8317 (west of the Mississippi) and Freelander or Orion customer service at 1-574-825-8602. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-07152016-0225.
Reported July 25, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V552000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V552000, 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 25, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted