Forest River Cherokee, Puma, Salem, Wildwood (2024-2025): Trailer hitches
Recall 24V531000 · Jul 12, 2024 · Forest River, Inc.
17
vehicles affected
17
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 24V531000
- Date
- Jul 12, 2024
- Maker
- Forest River, Inc.
- Units affected
- 17
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Trailer hitches
- Model years
- 2024-2025
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 4 model years in all
| Make | Model | Model years |
|---|---|---|
| Forest River | Cherokee | 2025 |
| Forest River | Puma | 2024 |
| Forest River | Salem | 2024 |
| Forest River | Wildwood | 2024 |
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Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 24V531000?
4 models: Forest River Cherokee (2025), Forest River Puma (2024), Forest River Salem (2024) and 1 more, about 17 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 24V531000?
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.
What can happen?
Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.