2001–2005 Forest River Cardinal & 2003–2009 Forest River Cedar Creek + 10 more recall: equipment
⚠️ What's wrong
Forest river is recalling certain recreational vehicles equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace CAN overheat.
💥 The risk
An overheated receiver could cause a fire.
🔧 The fix
Forest river is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on january 28, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at 1-888-346-7539.
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
- 10V454000
- Manufacturer
- FOREST RIVER, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 2,207
- Component
- EQUIPMENT
- Owner phone
- 1-888-346-7539
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jan 28, 2011
- Recall started by
- ODI
- 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 .