01 Clipper recall campaigns, newest first
| Campaign | Reported | Clipper model years | Component | NHTSA’s summary | Units potentially affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V682000 | 10 Oct 2025 | 2026 | Electrical system | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Forest River Aurora, Coachmen Catalina, 2026 Coachmen Viking, Coachmen Clipper, 2016-2026 Wildwood, and Salem recreational trailers. The distribution panel wire may… | Not shown: campaign also names 5 other models |
| 24V912000 | 6 Dec 2024 | 2024–2025 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Clipper and Viking travel trailers. Please see the recall report for a complete list of models. The bottle bracket welds may break and cause the propane tank to… | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 24V884000 | 22 Nov 2024 | 2024–2025 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Viking and Clipper travel trailers. The fresh water holding tank support bracket may be the incorrect gauge and may break. | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 24V722000 | 27 Sep 2024 | 2024–2025 | Exterior lighting | Forest River, Inc. is recalling certain 2024-2025 Viking and Clipper travel trailers. The side marker lights may not reflect light as intended, which can make it difficult for other drivers to see the trailer. As such, these… | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 24V721000 | 27 Sep 2024 | 2024–2025 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Viking and Clipper travel trailers. The roof rack hardware may not have been properly tightened, allowing the rack to detach from the roof. | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 24V339000 | 15 May 2024 | 2021–2024 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2020-2023 Coachmen Independence Trail, 2020-2024 Viking, and 2021-2024 Clipper travel trailers. The freshwater tank may detach from the vehicle when full or overfilled. | Not shown: campaign also names 7 other models |
| 24V045000 | 26 Jan 2024 | 2024 | Exterior lighting | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Coachmen Clipper and Viking Travel Trailers. The tail light bezel may not have been installed on the vehicle. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the… | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 22V559000 | 1 Aug 2022 | 2022 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest) is recalling certain 2022 Coachmen Viking, Clipper, and VTREC camping trailers. The pull-out bunk bed may not be laminated and therefore not support weight as intended, causing the pull-out bunk to… | Not shown: campaign also names 2 other models |
| 22V556000 | 29 Jul 2022 | 2022 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Coachmen Catalina, Cross Trail, Pursuit, Sportscoach, East to West Della Terra, Silver Lake, Forest River Forester, FR3, Sunseeker, Wildwood, 2022 Coachmen… | Not shown: campaign also names 56 other models |
| 21V172000 | 12 Mar 2021 | 2021 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Coachmen Viking and Clipper Travel Trailers. The cooktop may not be isolated properly from the furnace return air, which can cause the flame to become inverted. | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
| 20V075000 | 12 Feb 2020 | 2019–2020 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Surveyor, NO BO, Cherokee, R. POD, Clipper, Viking, Independence, Puma and East to West trailers. The spare tire carrier U-bolts may fail allowing the spare tire… | Not shown: campaign also names 8 other models |
| 18V334000 | 21 May 2018 | 2019 | Equipment | Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Viking recreational trailers, models T17BHS and T17FQS. The Federal Placard states that the tires have an inflation pressure of 65 PSI, when the tires actually… | Not shown: campaign also names 1 other model |
NHTSA’s units figure is a total for the whole campaign. None of these 12 campaigns names the Clipper alone, so no units figure here belongs to this line and none is shown.
02 Year by year, 2016 to 2026
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Owner complaints | Components named |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | 3 | Service brakes; Structure; Unknown or other |
| 2017 | — | 2 | Structure; Unknown or other |
| 2018 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | — | Equipment |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | Equipment; Suspension |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | Equipment; Trailer hitches; Unknown or other |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | Equipment; Unknown or other |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Equipment |
| 2024 | 6 | — | Equipment; Exterior lighting |
| 2025 | 4 | — | Equipment; Exterior lighting |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Electrical system |
Range is the span of the federal record for this line, not a production span. Disclosed rather than dropped: 1 row carry a model-year field that is not a usable year, so they are not counted above.
03 What Clipper owners reported
| Component | Owner complaints | Model years named |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown or other | 4 | 2016–2017 and 2021–2022 |
| Structure | 2 | 2016–2017 |
| Service brakes | 1 | 2016 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2020 |
| Trailer hitches | 1 | 2021 |
9 complaints are on file; the most were filed against 2016 units (3). Of them, 2 cite a fire (model years 2016 and 2020), 1 cites a crash (model year 2021) and 1 reports an injury (model year 2017).
04 The record, year by year
Model year 2026
1 recall campaign on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2025 | 25V682000 | Electrical system |
Model year 2025
4 recall campaigns on file.
Model year 2024
6 recall campaigns on file.
Model year 2022
3 recall campaigns and 1 owner complaint on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component |
|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2024 | 24V339000 | Equipment |
| 1 Aug 2022 | 22V559000 | Equipment |
| 29 Jul 2022 | 22V556000 | Equipment |
Complaints on 2022 units name Unknown or other (1).
Model year 2021
2 recall campaigns and 2 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2021 units name Trailer hitches (1) and Unknown or other (1).
Model year 2020
1 recall campaign and 1 owner complaint on file.
| Reported | Campaign | Component |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb 2020 | 20V075000 | Equipment |
Complaints on 2020 units name Suspension (1).
Model year 2019
2 recall campaigns on file.
Model year 2017
2 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2017 units name Structure (1) and Unknown or other (1).
Model year 2016
3 owner complaints on file.
Complaints on 2016 units name Service brakes (1), Structure (1) and Unknown or other (1).
05 The Clipper in this site’s records
Spec pages: 13 floorplans on the Forest River Clipper line page, for model year 2023. That year also falls inside the federal record above.
None of the 13 Clipper floorplans here has separate records for two model years, so this site measures no change between years for this line.
Owner documents from the maker: Forest River Owner's Manual.
What was queried: NHTSA’s recall lookup under COACHMEN CLIPPER and FOREST RIVER CLIPPER CAMPING TRAILER for model years 2016–2017 and 2020–2022; for 2016–2017 and 2021 it answered HTTP 400 with a count of zero, which means no entry in NHTSA’s index under that name and year, not that no recall reached those trailers. The complete recall file added 6 of the 12 campaigns above, and every complaint count comes from the complete complaint file.
Counts of NHTSA records matched on NHTSA’s own model field; a complaint is one owner’s unverified report, and an empty year is an empty record, not a clean one (how this record is built). Check a trailer by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before you buy.