Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor: (Forest River Bus)
Vehicle recall 25V-780. NHTSA received Forest River Bus, LLC’s report on Nov 13, 2025.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Forest River Bus, LLC’s report on Nov 13, 2025. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 23, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment adaptive/mobility: wheelchair restraints/securement: latch/anchor: .
What should you do?
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.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 592 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Forest River Bus Glaval Entourage2025
- Forest River Bus Eldorado20262025
- Forest River Bus Elkhart Coach20262025
- Forest River Bus Forest River Van20262025
- Forest River Bus Startrans Candidate II20262025
- Forest River Bus Glaval Universal20262025
- Forest River Bus Starcraft Starlite20262025
- Forest River Bus Starcraft Allstar XL20262025
- Forest River Bus Starcraft Allstar20262025
- Forest River Bus Senator II20262025
- Forest River Bus P/S22026
- Forest River Bus Mobility Trans Safetbus20262025
- Forest River Bus Champion Bus2025
- Forest River Bus Senator II HD2025
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Forest River Bus, LLC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 23, 2026.