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title: "FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD (2024) - Recall 24V531000 — NHTSA record 278574 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand cou"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-278574-forest-river-wildwood-2024-recall-24v531000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD (2024) - Recall 24V531000 — NHTSA record 278574

Published notice; closure not supplied

A campaign record does not say whether this individual vehicle has received the remedy. Check the VIN with NHTSA or the manufacturer.

Source date Jul 12, 2024. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD (2024) - Recall 24V531000
- **Reason**: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Salem, Puma, Wildwood, and 2025 Cherokee travel trailers equipped with certain Pacific Rim brand couplers. The couplers have an incorrect load rating of 14,000 pounds and may be overloaded, causing the hitch to fail. Hitch failure increases the risk of a crash or injury.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Forest River, Inc.
- **Quantity**: 17
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 278574

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=24V531000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: FOREST RIVER WILDWOOD; model year 2024. Check the model identifiers and, for a vehicle, the VIN on the official recall site. |

Match all identifying details in the current notice. A brand name alone is not enough.

## Distribution

Not supplied

No US distribution state could be established from this record. Check the official notice.

## Dates in the source

- **Report received**: Jul 12, 2024
- **Owner notification**: Aug 2, 2024
- **Record created**: Jul 12, 2024

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

Dealers will inspect the date code of the hitch coupler and replace it if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at Salem & Wildwood (574) 534-3167, Puma (574) 642-0588 or Cherokee (260) 499-2100. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1803.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=24V531000)

Use [NHTSA's VIN check](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) to check an individual vehicle and its remedy status.

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