Equipment: other: labels
- Component
- Equipment: other: labels
- Manufacturer
- Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC
- Vehicles affected
- 47
- Reported to NHTSA
- 2014-02-04
- Owners notified
- 2014-02-26
Defect description
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain model year 2014 Landmark Grand Canyon, Key Largo, Monterey, San Antonio, and Savannah fifth wheel travel trailers manufactured September 14, 2013, through January 17, 2014, and equipped with optional 17.5" wheels. The affected trailers were manufactured with incorrect information printed on the Federal Certification Label regarding the wheel specification. As such, the trailers do not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 119 "New Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other Than Passenger Cars."
Safety risk
An incorrect label may result in owners attempting to replace the tires with the wrong size or fill the tires to the wrong tire pressure, which may increase the risk of tire failure and a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
Heartland will notify owners, and will mail owners a corrected replacement label, free of charge. The recall began on february 26, 2014. Owners may contact Heartland at 1-888-262-5992. Heartland's number for this recall is 99-01-15.