Forest River Concord, Forest River Forester, Forest River Freelander, Forest River Leprechaun, Forest River Lexington, Forest River Sunseeker, model year 2013. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 1 February 2013.
What the notice says Forest River is recalling certain model year 2013 Concord, Leprechaun, Freelander, Lexington, Forester and Sunseeker class B and class C motor homes built on Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana chassis. It may be possible to remove the key from the ignition when the vehicle is running or the transmission is not in the …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13V037 cover?
- Forest River Concord, Forest River Forester, Forest River Freelander, Forest River Leprechaun, Forest River Lexington, Forest River Sunseeker, model year 2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River is recalling certain model year 2013 Concord, Leprechaun, Freelander, Lexington, Forester and Sunseeker class B and class C motor homes built on Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana chassis.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. General Motors (GM) will notify owners on behalf of Forest River. GM dealers will replace the ignition lock cylinder and the two associated keys. This service will be performed free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2013.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13V037 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Ignition |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 February 2013 |
| Model years | 2013-2013 |
| Vehicles named | FOREST RIVER CONCORD, FOREST RIVER FORESTER, FOREST RIVER FREELANDER, FOREST RIVER LEPRECHAUN, FOREST RIVER LEXINGTON, FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.
The remedy
General Motors (GM) will notify owners on behalf of Forest River. GM dealers will replace the ignition lock cylinder and the two associated keys. This service will be performed free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2013. For more information, GMC owners may call 1-866-996-9463 and Chevrolet owners may call 1-800-630-2438. Owner's may also contact Forest River at 1-574-389-4600.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Forest River Forester recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Forest River Freelander recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Forest River Leprechaun recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Forest River Lexington recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Forest River Sunseeker recalls: 21 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V037, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v037/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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- Defect summary
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5381bc0b - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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