Recall Register

2016 Forest River Shockwave: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2016 Forest River Shockwave. The newest campaign is 15V831000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Dec 2015. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems. NHTSA has 1 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, 15V831000, in the NHTSA record

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will remove the existing Liquid Propane (L.P.) Detector and install a combination L.P./carbon monoxide detector, free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-909-873-3777, extension 53. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-12072015-0119.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 2,707 units in total.

  1. 15V831000Received . 721 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016 Evo, Salem, Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, and Wildwood recreational trailers. The affected vehicles were mistakenly not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector to warn occupants of elevated levels of carbon monoxide.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If occupants are not warned elevated carbon monoxide levels, they are at an increased risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will remove the existing Liquid Propane (L.P.) Detector and install a combination L.P./carbon monoxide detector, free of charge. The recall began on January 27, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-909-873-3777, extension 53. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-12072015-0119.

    Report filed by Forest River, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 51-12072015-0119. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 15V771000Received . 489 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer / LPG Systems / Water Heater

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2012-2016 Berkshire, Charleston, Legacy, Dynamax, XLR, Continental Cargo, Work & Play, Shockwave, and Coachmen Brookstone recreational vehicles and toy haulers, equipped with Atwood on demand water heaters, models OD45, OD50, and OD50CW, manufactured January 2, 2012, to August 13, 2015. The affected water heaters have a water and gas valve that may cause the water heater to overheat the water in the hot water supply tap.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The overheating of the water may result in the release of steam, possibly causing the operator is to scald themselves and increasing the risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River will notify owners of a field remedy as provided by Atwood to the Dealerships and O.E.M. A. Inspection and installation instructions for the remedy, to be used and applied only by qualified service center personnel. B. Installation of a water flow adjustment STOP KEY that prevents the adjustment of the water flow down below .5gal/min. C. The addition of a star or lock washer to secure the adjustment screw that prevents unintended adjustment or and adjustment drift from vibration as you travel down the road. D. Securement of the remedy with the application of a warning and tamper proof label applied over the stop key and adjustment screw. The recall began on December 17, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-800-348-7440, or Atwood customer service at 1-574-264-2131. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-11092015-0107.

    Report filed by Forest River, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 51-11092015-0107. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 15V359000Received . 1,497 units.

    Suspension / Rear / Axle / Non-Powered Axle Assembly

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2016 Evo, Salem, Sandstorm, Shockwave, Stealth, Wildwood, Cherokee Grey Wolf, Wildcat Maxx, Vibe, R-Pod, and Surveyor trailers. In the affected trailers, the studs that are used to attach the wheels to the axle hubs may break.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    If the wheel studs break, the wheel could detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace any affected wheel hub, free of charge. The recall began on June 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-909-873-3777. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-05142015-0037.

    Report filed by Forest River, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number 51-05142015-0037. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2016 Forest River Shockwave: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Equipment2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
28 Mar 2017

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2016 Forest River Shockwave, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2017, with 1 complaint.

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. 20121
  2. 20131
  3. 20141
  4. 20151
  5. 20163
  6. 20211
  7. 20223
  8. 20231
  9. 20241

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

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2016 Forest River Shockwave: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/forest-river/shockwave/2016/. 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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Forest River, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2016 Forest River Shockwave?
2,707 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Forest River Shockwave have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Forest River Shockwave, model years 2012 to 2024. 3 of them name the 2016 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2016 Forest River Shockwave name most often?
Equipment: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2016 Forest River Shockwave open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.