Coachmen Freedom Express, model years 2013 to 2014. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 2 October 2017. 594 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2013-2014 Coachmen Freedom Express recreational trailers. The frames on these vehicles may not have had reinforcement stiffeners welded onto the exterior I-Beam in the axle area, allowing the axles to be misaligned.
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.
Forest River's own number for this recall: 220-0529. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V611 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 17V611 cover?
- Coachmen Freedom Express, model years 2013-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2013-2014 Coachmen Freedom Express recreational trailers. The frames on these vehicles may not have had reinforcement stiffeners welded onto the exterior I-Beam in the axle area, allowing the axles to be misaligned.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Misaligned axles can affect vehicle handling, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Forest River will notify owners, and the frame manufacturer will inspect the trailer for frame reinforcements, installing them as necessary and secure the axle mountings, free of charge. The recall began on October 24, 2017.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Forest River calls this recall 220-0529, 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: “Misaligned axles can affect vehicle handling, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V611 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Structure:Frame And Members |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 October 2017 |
| Model years | 2013-2014 |
| Vehicles named | COACHMEN FREEDOM EXPRESS |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Misaligned axles can affect vehicle handling, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and the frame manufacturer will inspect the trailer for frame reinforcements, installing them as necessary and secure the axle mountings, free of charge. The recall began on October 24, 2017. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8205, or Lippert Components customer service at 1-574-537-8900. Forest River's number for this recall is 220-0529.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 17V611, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v611/
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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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 17V611 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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c2f4f899 - Remedy
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