Amera-Lite Cargo Trailer, Cargo Mate Cargo Trailer, Continental Cargo Cargo Trailer, Us Cargo Cargo Trailer, model years 2005 to 2016. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 11 March 2016. 355 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Amera-Lite cargo trailers manufactured November 2, 2005, to July 21, 2011; 2007-2013 Cargo Mate cargo trailers manufactured December 1, 2006, to February 27, 2013; 2005-2016 Continental Cargo cargo trailers manufactured January 27, 2005, to …
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.
The maker's own number for this recall: 51-02292016-0141. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V150 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V150 cover?
- Amera-Lite Cargo Trailer, Cargo Mate Cargo Trailer, Continental Cargo Cargo Trailer, Us Cargo Cargo Trailer, model years 2005-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2006-2012 Amera-Lite cargo trailers manufactured November 2, 2005, to July 21, 2011; 2007-2013 Cargo Mate cargo trailers manufactured December 1, 2006, to February 27, 2013; 2005-2016 Continental Cargo cargo trailers manufactured...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Using the trailers to the loading specifications on the label while the tires are underinflated may result in sudden tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Forest River will notify owners and will provide Federal placard stickers with the correct PSI, GAWR, and GVWR, free of charge. The recall began on April 8, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-266-7539. Forest River's number for this campaign is 51-02292016-0141.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 51-02292016-0141, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “Using the trailers to the loading specifications on the label while the tires are underinflated may result in sudden tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V150 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Other:Labels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 11 March 2016 |
| Model years | 2005-2016 |
| Vehicles named | AMERA-LITE CARGO TRAILER, CARGO MATE CARGO TRAILER, CONTINENTAL CARGO CARGO TRAILER, US CARGO CARGO TRAILER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Using the trailers to the loading specifications on the label while the tires are underinflated may result in sudden tire failure, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners and will provide Federal placard stickers with the correct PSI, GAWR, and GVWR, free of charge. The recall began on April 8, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-266-7539. Forest River's number for this campaign is 51-02292016-0141.
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
- Cargo Mate Cargo Trailer recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Continental Cargo Cargo Trailer recalls: 3 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V150, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v150/
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.
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 16V150 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4f924bb7 - Consequence
0ea4fd68 - 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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