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title: "FOREST RIVER NIGHTFALL (2025) - Recall 25V162000 — NHTSA record 294535 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2025 Nightfall travel trailers and XLR Toy Hauler fifth wheel trailers. The breakaway switch may be incor"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-294535-forest-river-nightfall-2025-recall-25v162000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# FOREST RIVER NIGHTFALL (2025) - Recall 25V162000 — NHTSA record 294535

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 Mar 14, 2025. 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 NIGHTFALL (2025) - Recall 25V162000
- **Reason**: Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2025 Nightfall travel trailers and XLR Toy Hauler fifth wheel trailers. The breakaway switch may be incorrectly wired and fail to activate the trailer brakes during an emergency. Trailer brakes that fail to activate increase the risk of a crash.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Forest River, Inc.
- **Quantity**: 120
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 294535

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V162000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: FOREST RIVER NIGHTFALL; model year 2025. 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**: Mar 14, 2025
- **Owner notification**: Mar 27, 2025
- **Record created**: Mar 14, 2025

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 rewire the breakaway switch, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 27, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-642-0432. Forest River's number for this recall is 45-1909.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V162000)

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

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