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Coachmen Sportscoach Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 15 safety recalls and 12 owner complaints across 14 model years of the Coachmen Sportscoach (1999–2024). The most-complained-about year is 2001.

15
safety recalls, all years
12
owner complaints, all years
2019
year with most recalls
2001
year with most complaints

Pick your Coachmen Sportscoach model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2024 Coachmen Sportscoach01
2023 Coachmen Sportscoach20
2022 Coachmen Sportscoach21
2021 Coachmen Sportscoach43
2020 Coachmen Sportscoach50
2019 Coachmen Sportscoach50
2018 Coachmen Sportscoach40
2017 Coachmen Sportscoach20
2004 Coachmen Sportscoach20
2003 Coachmen Sportscoach10
2002 Coachmen Sportscoach01
2001 Coachmen Sportscoach04
2000 Coachmen Sportscoach21
1999 Coachmen Sportscoach11

What Coachmen Sportscoach owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 12 complaints with NHTSA. The 2001 model year has the most, with 4.

All Coachmen Sportscoach recalls (15)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Coachmen Sportscoach, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Latch (latches/locks/linkages)

    NHTSA 23V133000 Reported 19 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2013 Coachmen Cross Country and 2023 Coachmen Sportscoach Motorhomes. The entry door latch may fail and not allow entry or exit.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the door latch, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 7, 2023. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at 1-574-825-8212. Forest River's…

    Model years: 2023

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 22V556000 Reported 49,295 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Coachmen Catalina, Cross Trail, Pursuit, Sportscoach, East to West Della Terra, Silver Lake, Forest River Forester, FR3, Sunseeker, Wildwood, 2022 Coachmen Adrenaline, Apex, Brookstone, Chaparral, Chapparral Lite, Clipper, Freedom Express, Independence Trail, Mirada,…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the fabric roll or complete awning, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 17, 2022. Owners may contact the customer service numbers listed in the recall report…

    Model years: 2022, 2023

  3. Lpg systems (equipment)

    NHTSA 22V487000 Reported 172 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Dynamax Isata Class 3 and Class 5 motorhomes, 2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2020 Coachmen Pursuit, and 2017, 2020-2021 Coachmen Freelander motorhomes. The service valves on the LPG tanks may be improperly connected, which can cause a propane leak.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the service valves, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2022. Owner may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-262-3474 (Dynamax),…

    Model years: 2021

  4. Oven/stove/cooktop (equipment)

    NHTSA 21V701000 Reported 41 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Coachmen Sportscoach motorhomes. The outdoor cooktop can be stowed with the propane hose connected.

    Remedy: Dealers will move the quick disconnect and install a new shorter LP supply hose, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 21, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at…

    Model years: 2021, 2022

  5. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment) and structure

    NHTSA 21V523000 Reported 825 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2015 Coachmen Encore, 2016-2020 Coachmen Mirada, 2018-2021 Coachmen Sportscoach, 2019-2021 Forest River Berkshire, 2011-2016 Forest River Blue Ridge, 2014-2019 Forest River Cardinal, 2014-2020 Forest River Cedar Creek, 2014-2021 Forest River…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the windows, and replace the vent if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2021. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at 1-574-825-8600. Forest…

    Model years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

  6. Oven/stove/cooktop (equipment) and lpg systems (equipment)

    NHTSA 20V727000 Reported 4,203 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019 Coachmen Chaparral and Shasta, 2019-2020 Coachmen Concord and Orion, 2020-2021 Coachmen Cross Trek and Forest River Berkshire, 2019-2021 Coachmen Freelander, Leprechaun and Prism, 2020 Coachmen Mirada, Pursuit and Sportscoach, Dynamax Force, DX3, Dynaquest XL and Isata and…

    Remedy: Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit of gaskets, washers, thread locker bolts, and two round orange labels, free of charge. The recall began January 11, 2021. Owners may contact Forest…

    Model years: 2020

  7. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 20V605000 Reported 67 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2021 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Georgetown motorhomes. The P2K Bunk Bed System motor may fail, causing the bunk to fall from the stowed position.

    Remedy: Forest River will notify owners, and dealers will replace the bunk motor, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer service at Sportscoach 1-574-825-8212 or Georgetown…

    Model years: 2021

  8. Valve (tires)

    NHTSA 20V562000 Reported 1,000 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Legacy and 2018-2021 Berkshire motorhomes built on a Daimler Trucks (DTNA) chassis. The tire valve stem extension for the inner wheel may come in contact with the outer wheel rim opening and become damaged.

    Remedy: Forest River will notify owners, and DTNA will inspect the inner wheel valve stem stabilizers, or replace as necessary, free of charge. The recall began November 24, 2020. Owners may contact Forest River customer…

    Model years: 2018, 2019, 2020

  9. Brake lights (exterior lighting) and 2 other components

    NHTSA 20V488000 Reported 1,547 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Charleston, 2017-2019 Legacy, 2017-2020 Berkshire, 2017 Coachmen Cross Country, and 2017-2020 Sportscoach motorhomes built on certain FCCC XB and XC chassis that received an inspection-only remedy for recall 18V-763. The rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may…

    Remedy: Forest Rivers will notify owners, and Daimler Trucks dealers will replace the old Power Distribution Module (PDM) with a new PDM, free of charge. The recall began January 18, 2021. Owners may contact DTNA customer…

    Model years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

  10. Caliper (service brakes)

    NHTSA 20V161000 Reported 53 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Berkshire and Sportscoach motorhomes equipped with air disc brakes. The brake caliper mounting bolts may have been insufficiently tightened.

    Remedy: Forest River will notify owners, and Daimler Trucks (DTNA) dealers will inspect and repair the vehicles, free of charge. The recall began April 20, 2020. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000.…

    Model years: 2019, 2020

  11. Exterior lighting

    NHTSA 18V737000 Reported 1,017 vehicles potentially affected Forest River, Inc.

    Forest River, Inc. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2017 Coachmen Cross Country, 2017-2019 Coachmen Sportscoach and Forest River Berkshire and Legacy and 2017-2018 Forest River Charleston motorhomes built on Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) chassis. The rear mounted Power Distribution Module (PDM) may have been damaged…

    Remedy: The remedy for this recall is still under development. Owners will be notified and be sent to FCCC authorized service facilities for free repairs. Forest River issued owners an interim notification on November 16,…

    Model years: 2017, 2018, 2019

  12. Pump (steering)

    NHTSA 04V022000 Reported 2 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    On certain motorhomes built on spartan chassis, the angle of the hoses from the hydraulic pump could contact the positive stud on the starter.

    Remedy: Spartan is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will replace on vehicles with cummins isl engines and 39mt delco starters at least one of the 45 degree fittings with a 90 degree…

    Model years: 2004

  13. Suspension: control arm

    NHTSA 03V342000 Reported 27 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN RV COMPANY, LLC

    On certain motorhomes equipped with tuthill independent front suspensions, the defect is insufficient tightening torque of the steering knuckle carrier bolt that may result in separation of the steering knuckle from one of the control arms.

    Remedy: Tuthill will notify its customers and provide a retrofit kit p/n k704627 free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 2003, 2004

  14. Accelerator pedal (vehicle speed control)

    NHTSA 00V230102 Reported 1 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

    Vehicle description: motor home chassis built with caterpillar engines and equipped with felsted electronic accelerator pedals. The return springs can break on the accelerator pedals that are equipped with stainless steel or electroplated music wire return springs.

    Remedy: Replacement accelerator pedals equipped with return springs manufactured of music wire with one additional coil on each spring and with an organic coating, eliminating electroplating will be installed.

    Model years: 2000

  15. Buckle assembly (seat belts)

    NHTSA 00V273001 Reported 2,688 vehicles potentially affected COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC.

    Vehicle description: class a and c motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies built by am-safe. On some seat belts, the buckle and connector may unlatch during a collision.

    Remedy: Am-safe in notifying customers that they will inspect and replace the defective buckle assemblies free of charge.

    Model years: 1999, 2000

Other Coachmen models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.