Recalls

Recall 247977

  • USA Recall: A winch that operates unintentionally increases the risk of injury.
    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.

    Corrective Action:
    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 parts are available, warn will make a replacement water resistant remote available, free of charge. owner notification letters were mailed april 6, 2023. owners may contact forest river customer service at 1-574-825-8600. forest river's number for this recall is 51-1608.

    Additional Notes:
    Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.

    • Affected Vehicles

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