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2013 Forest River Concord, 2013 Forest River Forester, 2013 Forest River Freelander and 3 other models Recall: It may be possible to remove the key from the ignition when the vehicle is…

NHTSA campaign 13V037000 · Electrical System · filed Feb 1, 2013 · verified Jul 30, 2026

Units reported
Manufacturer
Forest River, Inc.
Risk
Crash / injury
Owner letters
Mailing began Feb 28, 2013

The defect

Forest River is recalling certain model year 2013 Concord, Leprechaun, Freelander, Lexington, Forester and Sunseeker class B and class C motor homes built on Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana chassis. It may be possible to remove the key from the ignition when the vehicle is running or the transmission is not in the Park position. As such, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 114, "Theft Protection."

The risk

If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.

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The fix — what to do

General Motors (GM) will notify owners on behalf of Forest River. GM dealers will replace the ignition lock cylinder and the two associated keys. This service will be performed free of charge. The recall began on February 28, 2013. For more information, GMC owners may call 1-866-996-9463 and Chevrolet owners may call 1-800-630-2438. Owner's may also contact Forest River at 1-574-389-4600.

Customers may contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to www.safercar.gov.

Affected vehicles

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Source: NHTSA recall database, campaign 13V037000. Data last verified Jul 30, 2026.