Forest River Blue Ridge, Forest River Brookstone, Forest River Cardinal, Forest River Cedar Creek, Forest River Cross Country, Forest River Forester, model years 2013 to 2014. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 23 July 2014. 1,041 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Forest River Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Georgetown, Sunseeker, Forester, Cross Country, Pathfinder, Cardinal, Blue Ridge, Cedar Creek, and Brookstone recreational vehicles manufactured March 11, 2013, through April 26, 2013 and equipped with certain Frigidaire Convection Microwave …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14V449 cover?
- Forest River Blue Ridge, Forest River Brookstone, Forest River Cardinal, Forest River Cedar Creek, Forest River Cross Country, Forest River Forester, Forest River Georgetown, Forest River Pathfinder, model years 2013-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Georgetown, Sunseeker, Forester, Cross Country, Pathfinder, Cardinal, Blue Ridge, Cedar Creek, and Brookstone recreational vehicles manufactured March 11, 2013, through April 26, 2013 and equipped with certain Frigidaire...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the microwave starts on its own and there are contents inside, a fire could result.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will repair the membrane/keypad component, free of charge. The recall began in February 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-353-7383.
- 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 microwave starts on its own and there are contents inside, a fire could result.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14V449 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Recreational Vehicle/Trailer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 July 2014 |
| Model years | 2013-2014 |
| Vehicles named | FOREST RIVER BLUE RIDGE, FOREST RIVER BROOKSTONE, FOREST RIVER CARDINAL, FOREST RIVER CEDAR CREEK, FOREST RIVER CROSS COUNTRY, FOREST RIVER FORESTER, FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN, FOREST RIVER PATHFINDER, FOREST RIVER SUNSEEKER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the microwave starts on its own and there are contents inside, a fire could result.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will repair the membrane/keypad component, free of charge. The recall began in February 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-353-7383.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Forest River Blue Ridge recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Forest River Cardinal recalls: 17 US campaigns
- Forest River Cedar Creek recalls: 15 US campaigns
- Forest River Forester recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Forest River Georgetown recalls: 24 US campaigns
- Forest River Sunseeker recalls: 21 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 14V449, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14v449/
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.
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Other Forest River notices we hold
- 26V586: 2027 Salem and Wildwood travel trailers
- 26V585: 2019-2022 Lone Star Vans built on Ram ProMaster chassis
- 26V563: 2027 Vibe recreational trailers
- 26V503: 2027 Leprechaun and Freelander recreational
- 26V477: 2026-2027 Pause travel trailers, and OG Luxury Coach recreational
- 26V476: 2027 Unmapped, Sabre, No Boundaries, Ibex, Surveyor, Sierra, and Sandpiper travel trailers
- 26V439: 2026-2027 Wildwood and Salem travel trailers
- 26V398: 2025-2026 NOBO, Ibex, and 2025-2027 RPOD recreational trailers
All 549 Forest River campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 14V449 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
80497da9 - Consequence
6b70161f - 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.
The wording we hold for 14V449 · how the whole register is watched
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Forest River Cedar Creek, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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