Forest River trailer weight rating placard may exceed safety chain rating
Forest River is recalling certain 2017-2025 Coachmen Catalina, 2020-2025 Aurora and 2025 Puma travel trailers because the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating on the Federal placard may exceed the safety chain rating.
What this means for you
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: Rubric level 2 covers minor labelling errors: the defect is an incorrect figure printed on the Federal placard, and the remedy is a corrected placard mailed to owners.
Plain-English summary
Forest River, Inc. is recalling certain 2017-2025 Coachmen Catalina, 2020-2025 Aurora and 2025 Puma travel trailers. About 1,833 units are potentially affected.
The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) on the Federal placard may exceed the safety chain rating. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 110, "Tire Selection and Rims", and 120, "Wheels and Rims - Other Than Passenger Cars".
NHTSA states that an incorrect weight rating may lead to unintentionally overloading the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Forest River will mail owners a corrected Federal placard with application instructions, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on March 24, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service, or the NHTSA Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.
The recalled product
- Product
- FOREST RIVER, COACHMEN AURORA, CATALINA, PUMA
- Brand
- FOREST RIVER
- Manufacturer
- Forest River, Inc.
- Category
- Vehicle — Labelling
- Affected units
- 1,833
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 (3)
- AURORA
- CATALINA
- PUMA
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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