{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Forest River recall 24V531: Forest River Cherokee, Forest River Puma, Forest River Salem and 1 more (2024 to 2025)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/24v531/",
  "summary": "Recall 24V531 (Forest River): Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury. Forest River's own number: 51-1803.",
  "excerpt": "Forest River Cherokee, Forest River Puma, Forest River Salem, Forest River Wildwood, model years 2024 to 2025. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 12 July 2024. 17 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand couplers. The couplers have an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds and may be overloaded, causing the hitch to fail. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Forest River's own number for this recall: 51-1803. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 24V531 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.” 24V531 Forest River, Inc. Trailer Hitches 12 July 2024 2024-2025 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE, FOREST RIVER PUMA, FOREST RIVER SALEM, FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury. Dealers will inspect the date code of the hitch coupler and replac",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-24T00:18:49+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T01:26:18+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Forest River recall 24V531: Forest River Cherokee, Forest River Puma, Forest River Salem and 1 more (2024 to 2025)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/24v531/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}