Forest River Bus, LLC recall 25V780

Affected vehicles (14)

Component / system

Defect

Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Starcraft Starlite, Allstar XL, Allstar, StarTrans Senator II, Mobility Trans Safetbus, Glaval Universal, Forest River Van, Elkhart Coach, Eldorado, Candidate II, 2025 StarTrans Senator II HD, Glaval Entourage, Champion Bus, and 2026 StarTrans P/S2 transit buses equipped with certain QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The retractors may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.

Risk / consequence

An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River Buses number for this recall is 51-2001.

Chronology of events

1. Oct 27, 2025

   On October 27, 2025, Forest River's Office of Corporate Compliance ("OCC") received a recall notice (25E063) from Q'Straint.

2. Oct 28, 2025

   On October 28, 2025, Forest River requested the shipping history to all Forest River Bus, LLC. manufacturing plants. OCC started working with resources to produce reports to search for the optional seatbelt restraints. On October November 3, 2025, the reports became available. OCC then worked with the manufacturing plant to begin determining if any vehicles had the affected components installed.

3. Nov 11, 2025

   On November 11, 2025, and November 12, 2025, OCC and the manufacturing plant verified vehicles were manufactured with the affected components.

Notification schedule

Dealer notification

Dec 23, 2025 - Dec 23, 2025 No Dealers

Owner notification

Dec 23, 2025 - Dec 23, 2025 Phased Recall