2025 Forest River Bus Champion Bus problems, complaints & recalls
Safety recalls (2)
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility:wheelchair Restraints/Securement:latch/Anchor: 2025-11-13 · campaign 25V780000 · 592 vehicles
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: An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: 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.
Electrical System:wiring 2025-04-25 · campaign 25V278000 · 453 vehicles
Defect: Forest River Bus, LLC (Forest River Bus) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Champion Challenger, Defender, 2024-2025 Glaval Entourage, and 2023-2024 Glaval Universal transit buses. The entry door ground wire may be incorrectly connected to the positive side of the battery instead of the negative ground.
Risk: An incorrect ground connection increases the risk of a fire.
Fix: Dealers will repair the wiring at the entry door, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2025. Owners may contact Forest River Bus customer service at 800-348-7440. Forest River Bus's number for this recall is 05-1925.
Service bulletins (2)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2026-05-18 · 512054 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
according to ford recall 26c10/26v104: "it is possible that the trailer module (trm) may lose communication at vehicle start-up. if a trm loss of communication occurs and a trailer is connected to the vehicle, trailer stop lamps and turn signal indicators will not function. additionally, for trailer
Service Brakes 2025-11-26 · 051985B · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
according to international recall 25509/25v502: "on certain vehicles, brake fluid may be present in the brake pressure switch and wire harness. as a result, the brake switch could short circuit. note: this recall is an expansion of recall 23517 (transport canada recall no. 2023-321). certain vehicle
What owners report
No detailed complaint narratives on file.
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.