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NHTSA campaign 04V276000

Forest River and Tsunami Recall 04V-276: FOREST RIVER/AMSAFE/FMVSS 209/SEAT BELTS

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 04V276000 was reported by FOREST RIVER, INC. on June 1, 2004, with 2,010 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Forest River Forester, Forest River Georgetown, Forest River Lexington and more for the 2004 model year.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 04V276000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
04V276000 (also written 04V-276 or 04V276)
Filed by
FOREST RIVER, INC.
Report received
Potentially affected
2,010 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Seat Belts — Front — Buckle Assembly

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V276000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Forest River

  • Forest River Forester

  • Forest River Georgetown

  • Forest River Lexington

  • Forest River Reflection

  • Forest River Regency

  • Forest River Sunseeker

All Forest River recalls

Tsunami

All Tsunami recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V276000.

Defect description

CERTAIN SEAT BELT BUCKLES ON SOME MOTOR HOMES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE LOAD REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES."

Safety consequence

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE MAY UNLATCH IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE CRASH, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURY TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT.

Manufacturer remedy

AMSAFE WILL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THE BUCKLES. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT AMSAFE AT 1-574-266-8330 OR FOREST RIVER AT 1-574-389-4600.

Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 04V276000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.