2009 Forest River Cardinal recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Forest river is recalling 176 my 2009 Cardinal fifth wheel trailers. These trailers fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars." due to faulty scales in the production facility, the label for the cargo carrying capacity values is incorrect.
💥 The risk
Failure to follow proper vehicle loading specifications or misprint label could increase the risk of a crash.
🔧 The fix
Forest river will be mailing corrected labels to retail purchasers, and/or to dealers. The safety recall began on april 15, 2009. Owners may contact forest river at 1-574-206-7600.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 09V148000
- Manufacturer
- FOREST RIVER, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 176
- Component
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 15, 2009
- Built
- Jun 11, 2008 – Nov 21, 2008
- Recall started by
- OVSC
- Notes
- Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .