The Used Car Index

2025 Forest River BUS Champion BUS problems

No complaints are listed for the 2025 Forest River BUS Champion BUS. NHTSA's API and bulk file list none in this build.

Data build 2026-10-10.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as FOREST RIVER BUS CHAMPION BUS.

At a glance

Complaints
0
With crash
0
With fire
0
With injury (complaints)
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
Recalls
2
Do not drive recalls
0
Park outside recalls
0
Recall potential units (maximum)
592
Investigations
0
Open investigations
0
Manufacturer communications
2

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Model-generated complaint tags: No complaints are listed for tagging.

Recalls

See new recalls and investigations this week.

2 recalls.

25V780000

Date: 2025-11-13. Systems: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY.

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 restraint (excerpt)

Consequence: An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury. (excerpt)

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. (excerpt)

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

25V278000

Date: 2025-04-25. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

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.

Consequence: An incorrect ground connection increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy: 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.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
SystemCount
SERVICE BRAKES1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1

11032727

Date: 2026-05-18. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: UNKNOWN OR OTHER.

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

11025691

Date: 2025-11-26. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES.

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

Notes on this record

  • Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
  • System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
  • Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
  • A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.
  • NHTSA's complaints API and bulk file list no complaint for this make, model and model year in this data build.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model labelComplaints
CHAMPION BUS0

Same model, other years

All model years | All Forest River BUS models

Other Forest River BUS models, 2025

Sources

Get this record as JSON

The free rate-limited demo needs no key.

curl "https://api.theusedcarindex.com/v1/demo/vehicle_risk?make=Forest+River+BUS&model=Champion+BUS&year=2025"

Paid endpoint: https://api.theusedcarindex.com/v1/vehicle_risk. MCP endpoint: https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp.