Forest River Recalls 2024-2025 Clipper and Viking Travel Trailers
Forest River is recalling 2024-2025 Clipper and Viking travel trailers because propane tank brackets may break, causing the tank to detach and increase crash risk.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a structural defect (propane tank detachment) that creates a significant risk of a crash, meeting the criteria for a Severe rating (score 4) due to significant injury/property-damage risk potential.
Plain-English summary
Forest River, Inc. is recalling certain 2024-2025 Clipper and Viking travel trailers. The recall involves a defect where the bottle bracket welds may break, causing the propane tank to detach from the vehicle.
A detached propane tank may become a road hazard and increase the risk of a crash. The source text does not report any specific injuries or fatalities associated with this defect.
Dealers will inspect and replace the bottle bracket as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on January 2, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-269-467-8283 or the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.
The recalled product
- Product
- VIKING TRAVEL TRAILERS, FOREST RIVER VIKING, CLIPPER CAMPING TRAILER
- Brand
- VIKING TRAVEL TRAILERS
- Manufacturer
- Forest River, Inc.
- Category
- Vehicle — Travel Trailer
- Affected units
- 864
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (2)
- VIKING
- CLIPPER CAMPING TRAILER
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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