Coachmen Freedom Express, Coachmen Viking, Forest River Flagstaff, Forest River Palomino, Forest River Rockwood, Forest River Xlr, model years 2017 to 2018. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 12 January 2018. 1,349 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018 Rockwood and Flagstaff, and Coachmen Freedom Express recreational trailers and 2017-2018 Palomino and XLR ToyHauler and Coachmen Viking recreational trailers equipped with a Smart-Jack model power tongue jack. The laminated plastic touch pad on the jack may …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 51-0610. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V051 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 18V051 cover?
- Coachmen Freedom Express, Coachmen Viking, Forest River Flagstaff, Forest River Palomino, Forest River Rockwood, Forest River XLR, model years 2017-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018 Rockwood and Flagstaff, and Coachmen Freedom Express recreational trailers and 2017-2018 Palomino and XLR ToyHauler and Coachmen Viking recreational trailers equipped with a Smart-Jack model power tongue jack.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the tongue jack retracts or extends unexpectedly, there could be an increased risk of a crash or injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Forest River will notify owners, and a Forest River or a Lippert dealer will replace the power tongue jack, free of charge. The recall began on February 20, 2018.
- 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 51-0610, 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: “If the tongue jack retracts or extends unexpectedly, there could be an increased risk of a crash or injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V051 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical:Integrated Jack/Leveler/Stabilizer |
| Reported to NHTSA | 12 January 2018 |
| Model years | 2017-2018 |
| Vehicles named | COACHMEN FREEDOM EXPRESS, COACHMEN VIKING, FOREST RIVER FLAGSTAFF, FOREST RIVER PALOMINO, FOREST RIVER ROCKWOOD, FOREST RIVER XLR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the tongue jack retracts or extends unexpectedly, there could be an increased risk of a crash or injury.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and a Forest River or a Lippert dealer will replace the power tongue jack, free of charge. The recall began on February 20, 2018. Rockwood and Flagstaff Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-5164; XLR ToyHauler owners can call 1-574-642-0432; Viking owners can call 1-269-467-4600; Freedom Express owners can call 1-574-825-8205; Palomino owners can call 1-269-432-3246. Lippert Customer service can be reached at 1-574-538-4514 or by email at recall@lci1.com. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0610.
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
- Coachmen Freedom Express recalls: 12 US campaigns
- Coachmen Viking recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Forest River Flagstaff recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Forest River Palomino recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Forest River Rockwood recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Forest River XLR recalls: 22 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 18V051, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v051/
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 18V051 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3921075d - Consequence
a761fe21 - Remedy
04188309
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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