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.
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Identifiers in this source record
2024 FOREST RIVER PUMAManufacturer campaign: 51-1803Part: 1354302025 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE2024 FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD2024 FOREST RIVER SALEMVehicle: VIN plus the year, make and model. Car seat or equipment: Manufacturer, model and production date from the label. Tire: Brand, tire line, size and DOT tire identification number.
Read the vehicles identification guideWhy this notice was issued
Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
Official action
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.
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Read the full official instructionsProduct & source details
- Product
- 2024 FOREST RIVER PUMA
- Brand or manufacturer
- FOREST RIVER
- Source
- NHTSA
- Notice type
- Recall
- Source reference
- 24V531000
- Category
- Vehicles & road safety