Recall Register

2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus. The newest campaign is 25V780000. NHTSA received the report on 13 Nov 2025. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment Adaptive/Mobility / Wheelchair Restraints/Securement / Latch/Anchor. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 25V780000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River Buses number for this recall is 51-2001.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,045 units in total.

  1. 25V780000Received . 592 units.

    Equipment Adaptive/Mobility / Wheelchair Restraints/Securement / Latch/Anchor

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Starcraft Starlite, Allstar XL, Allstar, StarTrans Senator II, Mobility Trans Safetbus, Glaval Universal, Forest River Van, Elkhart Coach, Eldorado, Candidate II, 2025 StarTrans Senator II HD, Glaval Entourage, Champion Bus, and 2026 StarTrans P/S2 transit buses equipped with certain QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River Buses number for this recall is 51-2001.

    Report filed by Forest River Bus, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 51-2001. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 25V278000Received . 453 units.

    Electrical System / Wiring

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Champion Challenger, Defender, 2024-2025 Glaval Entourage, and 2023-2024 Glaval Universal transit buses. The entry door ground wire may be incorrectly connected to the positive side of the battery instead of the negative ground.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An incorrect ground connection increases the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will repair the wiring at the entry door, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 800-348-7440. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 05-1925.

    Report filed by Forest River Bus, LLC. Manufacturer campaign number 05-1925. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20231
  2. 20241
  3. 20252

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/forest-river-bus/champion-bus/2025/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Forest River Bus, LLC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus?
1,045 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Forest River Bus Champion Bus have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the Forest River Bus Champion Bus, model years 2023 to 2025. 2 of them name the 2025 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.