NHTSA Campaign 10V355000

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

Issued by FOREST RIVER, INC. · Reported Aug 3, 2010 · 155 vehicles affected

What's wrong

FOREST RIVER IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 WILDCAT TRAVEL TRAILERS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1, 2010 THROUGH JULY 22, 2010. THE INFORMATION FOR THE MODELS' GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING, GROSS AXLE WEIGHT RATING, TIRES, RIMS, AND AIR PRESSURE WAS INCORRECTLY INPUTTED IN THE CORPORATE COMPUTER SYSTEM. AS A RESULT, THE GROSS AXLE WEIGHT RATING LABEL AND THE TIRE LABEL ON THE VEHICLES IS INCORRECT AND MAY LEAD AN OWNER TO INADVERTENTLY OVERLOAD THE VEHICLE.

Consequence

AN OVERLOAD CONDITION MAY RESULT IN AN AXLE OR TIRE FAILURE INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy

FOREST RIVER WILL BE MAILING CORRECTED LABELS TO RETAIL PURCHASERS, AND/OR TO DEALERS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 9, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FOREST RIVER AT 1-574-206-7600.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
FOREST RIVER WILDCAT 2011 155

Source: NHTSA Campaign 10V355000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.