18V186000
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
A propane leak increases the risk of a fire.
2017 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEE
6 safety recall campaigns, 16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints16
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
18V034000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
If both wires were connected to same lug, the smaller wire may overheat and fail due to trying to handle a higher load, thereby increasing the risk of an electrical fire.
17V838000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
Pinched wires may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
17V756000
EQUIPMENT
In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase the risk of injury.
17V171000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
The incorrect tire information can cause the operator to install the wrong size of replacement tires, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V579000
SUSPENSION
A damaged tire may unexpectedly deflate, causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 5SUSPENSION
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 3WHEELS
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1ENGINE
- 1TIRES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2017 FOREST RIVER CHEROKEEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.