Forest River Continental Cargo problems & recalls
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Equipment #24V272000 · 2024 · 4,480 units
Problem: Forest river, inc. (forest river) is recalling certain 2021-2022 forest river cardinal, wildcat, 2018-2019 cedar creek, 2021 columbus, 2023 continental cargo, 2021-2024 dynamax dx3, dynamax dynaquest xl, dynamax isata, forest river ibex, 2022-2024 dynamax europa, forest river nobo, 2022-2023 forest river sandstorm, shockwave, stealth, and 2021-2023 dynamax force trailers. the led backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.
Risk: A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
Fix: Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the led backlights and terminate the wiring, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed by may 14, 2024. owners may contact suburban customer service at 1-574-247-9235 option 5; cardinal & wildcat customer service at 1-574-296-7700; cedar creek customer service at 1-260-593-4000; columbus customer service at 1-574-821-1487; contine
Equipment, Electrical System #23V182000 · 2023 · 20 units
Problem: 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.
Risk: A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
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 using the remote and contact warn customer service for a replacement remote, free of charge. once new p
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