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Heartland Wilderness

Every Heartland Wilderness model year on file, 2016 to 2021. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years44 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years62016 to 2021

Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins0Summed across model years

By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 50% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Electrical system leads the Heartland Wilderness complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Lighting

Powertrain

Suspension

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Heartland Wilderness model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Heartland Wilderness by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls
2021	Not decoded	0	None	None	2
2020	Not decoded	0	None	None	2
2019	Trailer	1	100.0	50	2
2018	Not decoded	0	None	None	1
2017	Trailer	2	100.0	100	2
2016	Trailer	1	100.0	100	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Heartland Wilderness

21V-453 Jun 17, 2021
LP gas lines may not have been tightened properly on the outside cooktops, which could result in a gas leak
Equipment · 2,486 vehicles
21V-428 Jun 4, 2021
Regulator may fail, causing an increase in propane pressure
Equipment · 22k vehicles
20V-275 May 14, 2020
U-bolt that secures the spare tire may break, and cause the spare tire to detach during travel
Equipment · 392 vehicles
18V-634 Sep 21, 2018
Axles may be missing inner bearing races on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub to overheat
Suspension · 622 vehicles
16V-566 Aug 1, 2016
Affected vehicles have an LED light on the front cap of the camper that may short circuit and overheat
Electrical system · 4,585 vehicles
16V-332 May 20, 2016
Certification labels have incorrect tire pressure information, failing to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."
Equipment · 618 vehicles
15V-199 Apr 3, 2015
In the affected vehicles, the bolts that attach the expanding room to the sliding mechanism chain may fail allowing the room to extend…
Equipment · 252 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.