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Forest River fasteners that attach the steering arm or tie rod arms to the spindle may be over or UNDER-TIGHTENED.

NHTSA campaign 08V-204 · Reported June 5, 2008 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Forest River Berkshire and Charleston
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
FOREST RIVER IS WORKING WITH FREIGHTLINER TO REPAIR THESE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07V306).
COST
Free

The short version

FOREST RIVER, INC. reported a problem with the linkages tie rod assembly. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

FOREST RIVER IS RECALLING 93 MY 2007-2008 CHARLESTON AND BERKSHIRE MOTOR HOMES BUILT ON FREIGHTLINER CHASSIS. THE FASTENERS THAT ATTACH THE STEERING ARM OR TIE ROD ARMS TO THE SPINDLE MAY BE OVER OR UNDER-TIGHTENED.

WHY IT MATTERS

INCORRECTLY TIGHTENED STEERING ARM FASTENERS MAY FATIGUE AND FRACTURE WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

WHAT TO DO

FOREST RIVER IS WORKING WITH FREIGHTLINER TO REPAIR THESE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE (PLEASE SEE 07V306).

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 08V-204.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2007–2008Forest River Berkshire
2007–2008Forest River Charleston

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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