NHTSA recall 23V182000
Electrical System, Equipment · Forest River, Inc.
Details
What's wrong: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2023 Continental Cargo, 2019-2022 Cargo Mate, and 2020 Cross Bow cargo trailers, equipped with certain warn winches with a wireless handheld Remote. Water may enter the handheld remote control for the winch and cause circuit board corrosion, which can allow the winch to operate unintentionally.
Why it matters: A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
The fix: Forest river will work with warn industries, Inc. to provide owners instructions on how to inspect the remote for corrosion and disable the wireless function by removing the battery pack from the remote. If corrosion or water intrusion is found when removing the battery pack owners should stop…
Affected vehicles on MotorDeets
- 2019 Forest River Cargo Mate
- 2019 Forest River Continental Cargo
- 2020 Forest River Cargo Mate
- 2020 Forest River Continental Cargo
- 2020 Forest River Cross Bow
- 2021 Forest River Cargo Mate
- 2021 Forest River Continental Cargo
- 2022 Forest River Cargo Mate
- 2022 Forest River Continental Cargo
- 2023 Forest River Continental Cargo
- Forest River Cargo Mate
- Forest River Continental Cargo
- Forest River Cross Bow
All model years NHTSA lists
2019 Forest River Cargo Mate, 2020 Forest River Cargo Mate, 2021 Forest River Cargo Mate, 2022 Forest River Cargo Mate, 2019 Forest River Continental Cargo, 2020 Forest River Continental Cargo, 2021 Forest River Continental Cargo, 2022 Forest River Continental Cargo, 2023 Forest River Continental Cargo, 2020 Forest River Cross Bow.
Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 23V182000.
Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.