Coachmen Apex, Coachmen Catalina, Forest River Prime Time, Forest River Salem, Forest River Sandpiper, Forest River Shasta, model year 2019. Filed by Forest River, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 13 September 2018. 935 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra, Sandpiper, XLR and Prime Time travel trailers. The axles may be missing inner bearing races on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub …
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Forest River's own number for this recall: 51-0851. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V624 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 18V624 cover?
- Coachmen Apex, Coachmen Catalina, Forest River Prime Time, Forest River Salem, Forest River Sandpiper, Forest River Shasta, Forest River Sierra, Forest River Vibe, model year 2019.
- What is wrong with them?
- Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Catalina and Apex travel trailers and Forest River Shasta, Wildwood, Salem, Vibe, Sierra, Sandpiper, XLR and Prime Time travel trailers.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2018.
- 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 51-0851, 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: “The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V624 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Forest River, Inc. |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Axle:Non-Powered Axle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 September 2018 |
| Model years | 2019-2019 |
| Vehicles named | COACHMEN APEX, COACHMEN CATALINA, FOREST RIVER PRIME TIME, FOREST RIVER SALEM, FOREST RIVER SANDPIPER, FOREST RIVER SHASTA, FOREST RIVER SIERRA, FOREST RIVER VIBE, FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD, FOREST RIVER XLR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 9, 2018. For customer service, Catalina owners may contact Coachmen at 1-574-825-8657, Apex owners should call 1-574-358-0401, Shasta owners: 1-574-825-8717, Wildwood and Salem owners: 1-574-534-3167, Vibe owners: 1-574-296-2084, Sierra and Sandpiper owners: 1-574-534-4574, XLR owners: 1-574-642-0432, Prime Time owners: 1-574-862-1025. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-0851.
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 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Coachmen Apex recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Coachmen Catalina recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Forest River Prime Time recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Forest River Salem recalls: 59 US campaigns
- Forest River Sandpiper recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Forest River Shasta recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Forest River Sierra recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Forest River Vibe recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Forest River Wildwood recalls: 58 US campaigns
- Forest River XLR recalls: 22 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 18V624, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v624/
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.
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 18V624 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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6c2dc693 - 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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