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Forest River equipped with certain aluminum, black, ladders manufactured by Christianson Industries.

NHTSA campaign 16V-828 · Reported November 15, 2016 · 1,104 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Forest River
VEHICLES AFFECTED
1,104
REMEDY
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit to correct the issue, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Forest River, Inc. reported a problem with the equipment. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

These vehicles were equipped with certain aluminum, black, ladders manufactured by Christianson Industries. The affected ladders have retractable hinges, each with a welded 'top hat' that can separate from the hinge.

WHY IT MATTERS

If the hinges separate from the ladder while in use, the ladder may fall from the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

WHAT TO DO

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit to correct the issue, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-828.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 16V-828

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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