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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Forest River Sandpiper Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 11 recall campaigns for the Forest River Sandpiper, across 11 model years from 2010 to 2025. The 2015 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
11

2010–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
11
Most recalls
2015

3 recalls

Owner complaints
41

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA about the Forest River Sandpiper across 19 model years; the most, 4, concern the 2021.

Owners marked a crash on 1 of the Forest River Sandpiper complaints (2%) and a fire on 5.

Across all Forest River Sandpiper model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 17 complaints), then the electrical system (8).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Forest River Sandpiper in 2005: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Forest River Sandpiper is equipment, in 7 model-year listings.

The newest Forest River Sandpiper recall, 25V245000, was reported on April 14, 2025 and concerns the structure: body: step/ladder.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2020 Forest River Sandpiper, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Forest River Sandpiper years to avoid

Too few Forest River Sandpiper model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 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 Sandpiper, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202511—not ranked
202423—not ranked
2021141not ranked
2020022not ranked
2019122not ranked
2018211not ranked
2017121not ranked
2016222not ranked
2015310not ranked
2012110not ranked
2011220not ranked
2010322not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Forest River Sandpiper

  • EQUIPMENT7
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS4
  • SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:STEP/LADDER2
  • SERVICE BRAKES1
  • EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER1
  • STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS1
  • POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY1

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

Every Forest River Sandpiper recall campaign (11)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Forest River Sandpiper, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V245000April 14, 2025structure: body: step/ladder2024–2025injury4,179
23V559000August 7, 2023service brakes2024crash40
21V378000May 24, 2021structure: frame and members2021crash18
18V624000September 13, 2018suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly2019crash935
17V808000December 15, 2017equipment: other: labels2018crash25
17V756000November 22, 2017equipment2010–2012, 2015–2018fire and injury365,885
15V480000July 30, 2015equipment: other: labels2015–2016crash207
15V390000June 19, 2015suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly2010crash44
15V273000May 11, 2015equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer2015injury689
10V460000October 8, 2010power train: axle assembly2011crash92
09V375000September 30, 2009equipment: other: labels2010crash160

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

Newest record on this page: April 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted