Forest River Bus Recalls 277 Motorhomes Due to Wheelchair Retract Defect
Forest River Bus is recalling 277 motorhomes because wheelchair retractors may fail to lock, increasing the risk of injury during transit.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (wheelchair restraint failure) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.
Plain-English summary
Forest River Bus, LLC is recalling 277 specific 2025-2027 model year motorhomes, including Glaval, Starcraft, Eldorado, and Startrans models. The recall involves vehicles equipped with certain QRT-3 wheelchair retractors that may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, which increases the risk of injury to the occupant or others in the vehicle. No specific injuries or accidents have been reported in the source text.
Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on June 25, 2026. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-620-888-3310 for more information. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 05-2064.
The recalled product
- Product
- FOREST RIVER BUS STARCRAFT STARLITE, SENATOR II, GLAVAL UNIVERSAL, STARCRAFT ALLSTAR XL
- Brand
- FOREST RIVER BUS
- Manufacturer
- Forest River Bus, LLC
- Category
- Vehicle — Motorhome / RV
- Affected units
- 385
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 (9)
- STARCRAFT STARLITE
- SENATOR II
- GLAVAL UNIVERSAL
- STARCRAFT ALLSTAR XL
- FOREST RIVER VAN
- MOBILITY TRANS SAFETBUS
- STARTRANS CANDIDATE II
- ELDORADO
- STARCRAFT ALLSTAR
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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