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- TRAILER HITCHES
- Problem
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand couplers. The couplers have an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds and may be overloaded, causing the hitch to fail.
- Risk
- Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the date code of the hitch coupler and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at Salem & Wildwood (574) 534-3167, Puma (574) 642-0588 or Cherokee (260) 499-2100. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1803.
- Notes
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
What this recall means for you
Certain travel trailers are equipped with Pacific Rim brand couplers that carry an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds. Because of this error, the coupler may be overloaded, which can cause the hitch to fail while the trailer is being towed.
Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury. Owners of affected trailers should not wait for a problem to occur before acting on this recall.
An authorized dealer will inspect the date code on the hitch coupler and replace the coupler if necessary, at no cost to you. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. You can also contact Forest River Customer Service for help: (574) 534-3167 for Salem and Wildwood, (574) 642-0588 for Puma, or (260) 499-2100 for Cherokee. Reference recall number 51-1803. You can also check your vehicle identification number (VIN) for any open recalls.
Check whether this recall is open on your vehicle
Official recall notice
Affected vehicles
| Forest River Cherokee | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Forest River Puma | 2024 |
| Forest River Salem | 2024 |
| Forest River Wildwood | 2024 |