Recall 15V480000

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

Report Date
20150730
Component
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
Affected Vehicles
6 models

Defect Description

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Sandpiper and Sierra recreational vehicles manufactured October 15, 2013, to July 13, 2015. The affected vehicles may be equipped with Certification labels with an inaccurate gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR). Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 567, "Certification."

Safety Consequence

Inaccurate weight information can mislead an owner as to the vehicle's weight carrying capacity which could result in vehicle overloading and a crash.

Remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new set of corrected certification labels, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-534-8386. Forest River's number for this recall is 03-07292015-0067.

Affected Vehicles

Year Make Model
2014 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER
2014 FOREST RIVER SIERRA
2015 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER
2015 FOREST RIVER SIERRA
2016 FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER
2016 FOREST RIVER SIERRA

Check your vehicle: Visit NHTSA.gov and enter your VIN to see if your specific vehicle is affected.