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Forest River Cardinal Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 13 recall campaigns for the Forest River Cardinal, across 8 model years from 2013 to 2021. The 2021 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2020 (1).

Model years
8

2013–2021, with a recall

Recall campaigns
13
Most recalls
2021

6 recalls

Owner complaints
57

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 57 complaints with NHTSA about the Forest River Cardinal across 20 model years; the most, 11, concern the 2015.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Forest River Cardinal complaints (2%) and a fire on 2.

Across all Forest River Cardinal model years, owners name the tires most often (at least 19 complaints), then the structure (14).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Forest River Cardinal in 2009: 10, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Forest River Cardinal is equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer, in 9 model-year listings.

The newest Forest River Cardinal recall, 24V272000, was reported on April 17, 2024 and concerns the equipment: electrical.

Forest River Cardinal years to avoid

Too few Forest River Cardinal model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Forest River Cardinal, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202301—not ranked
2021610not ranked
2020111not ranked
2019110not ranked
2017374not ranked
2016422not ranked
201511111not ranked
2014411not ranked
2013221not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Forest River Cardinal years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Forest River Cardinal

  • EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER9
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS5
  • EQUIPMENT3
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ACCESSORY GENERATOR2
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL1
  • EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:FURNACE1
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT1

Forest River Cardinal model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Forest River Cardinal recall campaign (13)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Forest River Cardinal, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
24V272000April 17, 2024equipment: electrical2021fire4,480
22V004000January 7, 2022tires: tread/belt2021crash1,164
21V988000December 17, 2021equipment: electrical: accessory generator2020–2021injury and death111
21V523000July 9, 2021equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer2014–2017, 2019crash and injury825
21V145000March 8, 2021equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer2021crash and injury309
21V141000March 5, 2021equipment2021injury and death21
20V655000October 26, 2020equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer: lpg systems: furnace2021injury and death69
17V336000May 24, 2017equipment: other: labels2016–2017crash17
16V258000April 29, 2016equipment: other: labels2016–2017crash38
15V860000December 22, 2015equipment: other: labels2016crash14
15V273000May 11, 2015equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer2014injury689
14V449000July 23, 2014equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer2013–2014fire1,041
13V203000May 17, 2013equipment2013–2014crash and injury9,526

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Forest River Cardinal. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: August 13, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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