NHTSA Campaign 17V129000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
NHTSA campaign 17V129000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer. The repair is free.
Forest River, Inc filed the report for 17V129000 with NHTSA on March 1, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V129000, NHTSA lists up to 57 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 24, 2017 and February 7, 2017.
The 17V129000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V129000 were scheduled from April 12, 2017, 42 days after the report.
17V129000 covers 2 models from Forest River, model years 2017.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V129000 ranks 241 of 360 Forest River, Inc recalls on this site.
Besides 17V129000, Forest River, Inc has 183 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 17V129000 was 17V118000, reported on February 24, 2017.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Rockwood and Flagstaff recreational trailers. The slide room mounting bracket on these vehicles may contact the driver side front tire, potentially damaging it and causing tire deflation.
- The risk
- Tire deflation can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a rearward offset mounting bracket head to keep the slide room bracket from touching the tire, free of charge. The recall began on April 12, 2017. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-2640. Forest River's number for this recall is 10-02152017-0328.
Reported March 1, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V129000 (2)
Forest River (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V129000, 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: March 1, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted