2017 Forest River Cherokee: recalls and complaints
Official NHTSA recall campaigns and consumer complaints for one RV model year, with the notice text and links to the source.
Key facts
- The 2017 Forest River Cherokee has 6 NHTSA recall campaigns that list this model year.
- No chassis mapping is recorded for this model year, so no chassis recalls are counted.
- 0 equipment recalls are linked to it by reviewed rules.
- NHTSA holds 12 consumer complaints for this model year. Complaints are unverified reports, not confirmed failures.
- The latest campaign was received on March 21, 2018, 3,104 days before the NHTSA release of September 19, 2026.
- RV class: Travel trailer. Brand owner in this site's reference table: Forest River (medium confidence).
NHTSA records released through September 19, 2026; Transport Canada records through September 19, 2026. The absence of a recall in this dataset does not establish that a vehicle is safe.
Recall campaigns
6 campaigns in total: 6 listed for this model year, 0 inherited from the chassis and 0 equipment. Remedy text is quoted from the official notice; open the full notice for the whole text.
| Campaign | Received | Component | Summary | Remedy (official text) | Type | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18V186000 | March 21, 2018 | Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Forest River Cherokee recreational trailers, models CCKT16BF, CCKT16BHS, CCKT16FQ, CCKT16GR, CCKT16GRH, CCKT17RP and CCKT18TO. These vehicles are equipped with… | Forest River will notify owners, and Norcold dealers will install and tighten the gas valve port screw, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on April 19, 2018.… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 18V034000 | January 11, 2018 | Electrical System | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Forest River Cherokee travel trailers. On the affected trailers, a 14 gauge and a 12 gauge neutral wire for the 110V Air Conditioning were connected to the same lug… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the subject wire to another 14 gauge terminal, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on February 14,… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V838000 | December 21, 2017 | Electrical System | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Cascade and Cherokee recreational trailers. The trailer wiring may have been improperly routed, allowing the wires to be pinched between the chassis and the vehicle… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the trailers, rerouting the wires, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on February 7, 2018. Owners… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V756000 | November 22, 2017 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2003-2018 Forest River Berkshire, Charleston, Rockport, Cedar Creek, Cherokee, Riverstone, Salem, Sandpiper, Sierra, Vengeance, Wildcat, Wildwood, XLR Boost, Cargo Mate,… | Forest River will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on December 27, 2017. Owners may… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 17V171000 | March 14, 2017 | Equipment: Other | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Cherokee recreational trailers, model ORCKT244JR-64. The Federal Placard has incorrect tire and rim size information, indicating ST205/75R15C tires with 50 PSI and a rim… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a corrected Federal Placard, free of charge. The recall began on March 31, 2017. Owners may contact Forest… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
| 16V579000 | August 3, 2016 | Tires | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2017 Cherokee recreational trailers, models CCKT16BHS, CCKT16FQ and CCKT17CJ, manufactured April 15, 2016, to July 28, 2016. The affected vehicles may have… | Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a bolt on lift kit, free of charge. The recall began on September 15, 2016. Owners may contact Forest River… | Vehicle | Full notice NHTSA |
Complaints by component
12 unique complaints. The share is the number of unique complaints tagged to a component category divided by the 12 unique complaints for this model year. A complaint can name more than one component, so shares can add up to more than 100 percent.
| Component category | Complaints | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 5 | 42% | |
| Structure | 4 | 33% | |
| Wheels | 3 | 25% | |
| Unknown or Other | 2 | 17% | |
| Engine | 1 | 8.3% | |
| Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer | 1 | 8.3% | |
| Tires | 1 | 8.3% |
Complaint excerpts
The 5 most recent complaints with a narrative. Names, emails, phone numbers, VINs and addresses are removed. Reports are unverified. NHTSA record set for this vehicle (JSON).
Leaf spring fractured and failed twice on the same side of RV following NTHSA mandated recall repair 16V579, and safety modification kit part# 425750. This time the leaf spring failure caused the tire to rub the wheel well and create enough friction to start the interior wheel well carpeting and a garment bag on there to ignite and smolder filling the interior cabin with smoke. Contacted manufacturer Forest River regarding this issue and to obtain information including torque settings and recall kit spacer dimensions on their installed recall modification kit. After not hearing back from …
Driving through construction zone on 70 at 70/71 interchange and tire exploded. 2nd one to explode on same side of the camper. First was a while ago but damaged tire was the same condition as this one.
All the bolts holding camper on frame were loose & 2 we're missing... Screws around slide out loose. Causing the side to split.
The contact owns a 2017 Forest River Cherokee Toy Hauler. The contact stated that he was informed by an independent mechanic that the box on the rooftop of the RV frame had detached and slipped to the passenger’s side of the RV. The contact also stated that the sliding door inside the RV had pierced the ceiling of the RV. The dealer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The RV was taken to a second dealer United RV Center (5100 Airport Fwy, Haltom City, TX 76117) who diagnosed that the substructure of the RV was not cut and aligned properly which caused …
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ARRANGE FOR MY DEALER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SINCE 11/16/20. I ALSO CALLED 01/02/21,ON 3/05/21 I PERSONALLY STOP IN . EACH TIME WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ORDER PART. I CONTACTED A MANAGER ON 05/04 - WE HAVE BEEN TEXTING - STILL NO ACTION. RECALL:16V579
Chassis
Towable RVs have no chassis maker, so no chassis recalls apply.
Canadian notices
Transport Canada publishes its own notices with their own IDs. They are separate records from the U.S. campaigns above and are never merged with them.
- Notice 2016440 (September 9, 2016): Suspension. Official page
- Notice 2017550 (November 9, 2017): Accessories. Official page
- Notice 2017610 (December 6, 2017): Accessories. Official page
- Notice 2017640 (December 18, 2017): Electrical. Official page
Related model years
- 2016 Forest River Cherokee
- 2018 Forest River Cherokee
- Forest River Cherokee, all years
- 2017 Airstream Basecamp (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Flagstaff (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Rockwood (same class)
- 2017 Forest River Salem (same class)
Source release: NHTSA September 19, 2026. Method version v1. How this page is built.
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