NHTSA campaign 15V484000 · Manufacturer campaign 20-07282015-0066

Cedar Creek Recall 15V-484: Hitch Head GVWR Less than Label/Part 567

NHTSA recall 15V484000 (Manufacturer campaign 20-07282015-0066) was reported by Forest River, Inc. on August 4, 2015, with 91 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Cedar Creek Silver Back for model years 2015–2016. Owners were notified on August 25, 2015, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
15V484000 (also written 15V-484 or 15V484)
Filed by
Forest River, Inc.
Manufacturer campaign number
20-07282015-0066
Report received
Potentially affected
91 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment — Other — Labels
Owners notified

Repair completion: 100% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 21, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 15V484000. 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.

Cedar Creek

  • Cedar Creek Silver Back

    • 2015, 2016 · Vehicles built October 23, 2014 – July 2, 2015 (per NHTSA)
All Cedar Creek recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 15V484000.

Defect description

Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Cedar Creek Silver Back recreational vehicles manufactured October 23, 2014, to July 2, 2015. The gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) that is less than the vehicle's GVWR represented on its certification label. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

Safety consequence

Inaccurate weight information can mislead an owner as to the vehicle's weight carrying capacity which could result in vehicle overloading and a crash.

Manufacturer remedy

Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a new set of corrected certification labels, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-260-593-2417. Forest River's number for this recall is 20-07282015-0066.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 15V484000

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.