By year
Owner complaints about Lance vehicles peaked at 10 in 2021
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 1995 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Lance
The complete NHTSA record for Lance vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Lance recalls are filed by Lance Camper Manufacturing, part of Lance.
Owner complaints in the last five years439 on file in all, across 53 models
Recall campaigns133 in five years
Severity index12.8Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations02 service bulletins
Components
Equipment draws the most owner complaints about Lance vehicles, 35% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Travel Trailer has the most complaints of any Lance model
Every Lance model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Trailer | 2015 to 2021 | 11 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Slide-In Camper | 1994 to 2016 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2014 to 2022 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Camper | 2003 to 2005 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 980 | 1995 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1685 | 2011 to 2022 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1121 | 2000 to 2002 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1161 | 2001 to 2002 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2285 | 2011 to 2018 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2295 | 2018 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2375 | 2018 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1040 | 2009 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200I | 2021 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2281 | 2009 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Squire | 1996 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1010 | 1999 to 2002 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| 1030 | 1999 to 2002 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| 1130 | 1999 to 2002 | 0 | None | 4 | 0 |
| 1061 | 2000 to 2002 | 0 | None | 3 | 0 |
| 1020 | 1999 to 2000 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| 1120 | 1999 to 2000 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| 1140 | 2000 to 2001 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2022 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| 2185 | 2018 to 2022 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LL500EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LL880EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LL945EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LL980EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LL990EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LS5000 | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LS5000EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LS8000 | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LS8000EC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| LS9500FC | 1997 to 1998 | 0 | None | 2 | 0 |
| 1025 | 2002 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1062 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1110 | 1999 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1172 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1475 | 2018 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1575 | 2018 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 1881 | 2011 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 2445 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 2465 | 2018 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 650 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 825 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 850 | 2011 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 865 | 2022 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| 992 | 2011 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LL500 | 1998 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LL880 | 1997 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LL945 | 1997 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LS9500 | 1997 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| LS9800EC | 1998 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Lance product
- 22V-201 Mar 28, 2022
Lance Camper Manufacturing
Equipment · 18 vehicles - 22V-200 Mar 28, 2022
Lance Camper Manufacturing
Equipment · 77 vehicles - 22V-097 Feb 18, 2022
Liquid propane (LP) hose may not be properly secured to the frame, allowing the hose to contact the leaf springs, which can cause a gas leak
Equipment · 120 vehicles - 20V-620 Oct 7, 2020
Lance Camper Manufacturing
Equipment · 725 vehicles - 20V-619 Oct 7, 2020
Lance Camper Manufacturing
Equipment · 5,309 vehicles - 18V-109 Feb 14, 2018
Laminated plastic touch pad on the jack may crack or separate allowing water to enter, potentially causing the jack to operate unintentionally
Equipment · 2,054 vehicles - 18V-091 Feb 2, 2018
Battery on these vehicles may move within its compartment while the vehicle is in motion, causing the door to open and allowing the battery to…
Electrical system · 1,164 vehicles - 17V-407 Jun 28, 2017
Lance Camper Manufacturing
Equipment · 42 vehicles - 15V-109 Feb 24, 2015
Affected awnings may have screws that attach the lateral arm brackets to the mounting brackets that were not manufactured to specification
Equipment · 550 vehicles - 15V-003 Jan 8, 2015
Mounting brackets of the affected awnings may crack, and the awnings may fall
Equipment · 240 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.