Your recreational vehicle may be involved in a safety recall and may create a safety risk for you or your passengers. Safety defects must be repaired by a certified dealer at no cost to you. However, if left unrepaired, a potential safety defect in your vehicle could lead to injury or even death.
What is a recall?
When a manufacturer or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determines that a recreational vehicle or item of RV equipment creates an unreasonable risk to safety or fails to meet minimum safety standards, the manufacturer is required to fix that vehicle or equipment at no cost to the consumer.
NHTSA releases its most recent list of recalls each Monday.
It should be noted that RV recalls are related to vehicle safety and not product quality. NHTSA has no interest in an air conditioner failing to cool or slide out failing to extend or retract—unless they can be directly attributed to product safety.
NHTSA announced 11 recall notices during January 2022. These recalls involved 8 recreational vehicle manufacturers—Forest River (4 recalls), Heartland (2 recalls), KZRV (1 recall), Cruiser (1 recall), Jayco (1 recall), Carson (1 recall), and Keystone (1 recall).
Forest River
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Coachmen Catalina and Forest River Aurora travel trailers. The panel that isolates the cooktop from the furnace was not properly sealed during manufacturing, which could result in an inverted cooktop flame.
Dealers will seal the furnace from the cooktop, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 16, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8657. Forest River’s number for this recall is 203-1454. This recall is an expansion of recall 21V-828.
Forest River
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Cardinal fifth-wheel recreational vehicles. The generator compartment may not be sealed properly, allowing carbon monoxide to enter the vehicle.
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Dealers will inspect the generator compartment for proper sealant and apply sealant if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on January 26, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-296-7700. Forest River’s number for this recall is 15-1444.
Forest River
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2022 Cherokee Toy Hauler vehicles. The Tire and Loading Information placard label may indicate incorrect rim information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 120, “Wheels and Rims-Other Than Passenger Cars” and 567, “Certification.”
Forest River will mail a replacement Tire and Loading Information placard, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 23, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-260-499-2100. Forest River’s number for this recall is 73-1457.
Forest River
Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Prime Time Sanibel, Crusader, Forest River Cardinal, and Continental Cargo fifth-wheel trailers, equipped with certain Sailun tires, size ST235/80R16/G. Due to a manufacturing issue, the tires may experience a belt separation.
Dealers will inspect the tire DOT codes, and replace the tires as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 16, 2022. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-4995. Forest River’s number for this recall is 51-1449.
Heartland
Heartland Recreation Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2022 Sundance travel trailers. The Federal and Certification labels may indicate incorrect tire information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 120, “Wheel and Rims-Other Than Passenger Cars.”
Heartland will mail replacement certification labels to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 13, 2022. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032. Heartland’s number for this recall is RC000156.
Heartland
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Cyclone, Fuel, Gravity, and Warrior vehicles equipped with certain Sailun tires, sizes ST235/80R16 and ST235/85R16. Due to a manufacturing issue, the tires may experience a belt separation.
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Dealers will inspect the tire DOT codes, and replace the tires as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on March 18, 2022. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032 or Sailun customer service at 1-844-281-9696.
KZRV
KZRV, L.P. (KZRV) is recalling certain 2022 KZRV Connect travel trailers. The propane supply line, routed through the wheel well, may be damaged by road debris.
Dealers will reroute the propane supply lines, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 4, 2022. Owners may contact KZRV customer service at 1-800-768-4016 ext. 154 or 153. KZRV’s number for this recall is KZ-2021-08.
Cruiser
Cruiser RV (Cruiser) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Shadow Cruiser and 2022 Twilight travel trailers. The Federal and Certification labels may indicate incorrect tire information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 120, “Wheel and Rims-Other Than Passenger Cars.”
Cruiser will mail owners replacement certification labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 13, 2022. Owners may contact Cruiser customer service at 1-574-206-7920. Cruiser’s number for this recall is RC000157.
Jayco
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2022 Alante Class A and Entegra Coach Vision Class A motorhomes. The main chassis harness may be positioned too close to the exhaust manifold, causing the wiring to melt.
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Dealers will inspect and secure the harness as necessary, or replace the harness if damage is found, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on February 18, 2022. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267.
Carson
Carson Trailer, Inc. (Carson) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Fun Runner FC20 trailers equipped with Dometic 3-burner cooking stoves. The saddle valve securing bolt may be overtightened, possibly damaging the o-ring seal and causing a continuous gas leak.
Carson will work with Dometic, and dealers will install a remedy kit of gaskets, washers, thread locker bolts, and two round orange labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on January 10, 2022. Owners may contact Carson customer service at 310-516-6046. Carson’s number for this recall is Recall4.
Keystone
Keystone RV Company (Keystone) is recalling certain 2022 Alpine and Avalanche vehicles. The vehicles may be equipped with an exterior ladder that is not properly secured to the rear wall of the vehicle.
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Keystone dealers will properly attach the ladders to a backer in the rear wall, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on March 11, 2022. Owners may contact Keystone customer service at 1-866-425-4369. Keystone’s number for this recall is 22-419.
Please Note: This is the 36th in a series of posts relating to RV Manufacturers Recalls
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