NHTSA Campaign 15V480000

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

Issued by Forest River, Inc. · Reported Jul 30, 2015 · 207 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Sandpiper and Sierra recreational vehicles manufactured October 15, 2013, to July 13, 2015. The affected vehicles may be equipped with Certification labels with an inaccurate gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 567, "Certification."

Consequence

Inaccurate weight information can mislead an owner as to the vehicle's weight carrying capacity which could result in vehicle overloading and a crash.

Remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new set of corrected certification labels, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-534-8386. Forest River's number for this recall is 03-07292015-0067.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER 2014 207
FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER 2015 207
FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER 2016 207
FOREST RIVER SIERRA 2014 207
FOREST RIVER SIERRA 2015 207
FOREST RIVER SIERRA 2016 207

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V480000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.