Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Forester 2401BSD, FR3 F3A32DSF, Georgetown GTA36K7, 2022-2023 East to West Entrada, 2023 East to West Alta, Coachmen Apex, Brookstone, Chaparral and Chaparral Lite, Forest River Crusader, Sanibel, Shasta Phoenix, Coachmen Spirit, and East to West Tandara vehicles. The solar panel mounting hardware…
Risk and remedy
Risk
Loose hardware can cause the solar panels to detach from the vehicle during transit, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will install additional hardware to the existing panel and install a secondary holding bracket, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 5, 2023. Owners may contact East to West Alta, Entrada and Tandara customer service at 1-574-264-6664; Coachmen Apex and Spirit customer service at 1-574-825-8205; Coachmen Brookstone, Chaparral, Chaparral Lite, and Shasta Phoenix customer service at 1-574-825-7101; Crusader and Sanibel customer service at 1-574-862-1025; and Georgetown Forester and FR3 customer service at 1-574-206-7600. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1607.
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
11011942Generic cabinet drawings for dealers to reference in service.
11000465The routing of the main wiring harness might contact the drive shaft and chafe, which could result in a short circuit, loss of drive power, power steering, and brake control system. A short circuit increases the risk of a fire, and a loss of drive power, power steering, and brake system control increases the risk of a crash. This is in reference to Mercedes-Benz Recall Campaign 24V166.
10242572According to a Furrion TSB "TB-220919": Irregular cooling performance has been reported on the identified refrigerators. The refrigerator compressor has been found to stop working and requires a hard reset by disconnecting power to reset cooling operation. On occasion, disconnecting power does not reset operation and the refrigerator requires service replacement of the control boards. This TSB may not be applicable for some vehicles.
10239698In certain circumstances according to the TSB document from LCI: "When constant voltage to controller drops to 5.2 volts, the controller will turn off. When power is slowly restored (not immediate) to 12-volt range (10.6 volts-14 volts) the screen may or may not turn on depending on how fast the voltage was increased, but the functions/buttons are unresponsive."
10238855According to Lippert Components Technical Service Bulletin 85-001-2023: "When constant voltage to controller drops to 5.2 volts, the controller will turn off. When power is slowly restored (not immediate) to 12 volt range (10.6 volts-14 volts) the screen may or may not turn on depending on how fast the voltage was increased, but the functions/buttons are unresponsive. The controllers affected are identified by the date code on the back of the controller; Date code 1823 and under."
10238238This is a general rear ladder installation guideline for dealers to reference.
10237161Ford Recall 22S68: Some of the affected vehicles may have an improperly torqued bolt that secures the rear axle rotor to the wheel-hub. An improperly torqued bolt in the rotor/ hub assembly can potentially result in slippage at this joint. This can lead to a loss of wheel attachment during hard acceleration or hard brake application events, increasing the risk of a crash. This is the final notification received from Ford.
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