Model year

2016 Prime Time Spartan

Trailer, Not Applicable, built in United States. Owner complaints on file from Jul 19, 2016 to Sep 20, 2018.

Recall campaigns covering this model year21,164 vehicles or units across those campaigns
Owner complaints33.0 times the median 2016 trailer
Severity index0.02016 trailers average 8.7
First 24 months2Complaints in its first two years
Complaints over time

Complaints about the 2016 Prime Time Spartan peaked in 2016, with 1 filed

Owner complaints about this model year, by the year they were filed with NHTSA.

00.250.50.751201612017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. The lighter column runs through October.
Components

33% of complaints about the 2016 Prime Time Spartan name tires

Owner complaints by component. Hover or focus a bar for the crash, fire, injury or death count.

Tires
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file. A complaint can name more than one component; it is counted under the first.
Recalls

2 recall campaigns cover the 2016 Prime Time Spartan

Check a specific vehicle by VIN on NHTSA's site: a campaign may cover only part of a model year's production.

Recall campaigns for the 2016 Prime Time Spartan
CampaignFiledSubjectComponentVehiclesRemedy
16V-828Nov 15, 2016These vehicles were equipped with certain aluminum, black, ladders manufactured by Christianson IndustriesEquipment1,104Repair or modification
15V-875Dec 23, 2015Affected vehicles may be equipped with a Federal Placard that lists an incorrect tire size of ST225/75R15 Load Range E, when the correct tire size…Equipment60Label or owner notice
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.
Owner complaints

What owners reported about the 2016 Prime Time Spartan

The full text of every complaint filed with NHTSA about this model year, newest first. Complaints are filed by owners and are not verified by NHTSA; NHTSA removes personal details before publishing.

3 complaints on file, page 1 of 1.

  1. Filed Sep 20, 2018Failure Sep 5, 20189,000 milesArvada, COUnknown or other

    2016 SPARTAN 300 TOYHAULER WITH SCHWINTEK SLIDE, THE FRONT (LEFT WHEN FACING) MOTOR MOUNTING BRACKET LOST ALL OF THE MOUNTING SCREWS DURING TRAVEL ALLOWING THE FRONT PORTION TO EXTEND AT HIGHWAY SPEED.WIRE & WEATHER STRIPPING DAMAGED, BENT PARTS..FOREST RIVER/PRIMETIME ADVISED..SERIOUS HAZARD TO SELF & PUBLIC, NO RECALL FOUND FOR THIS UNIT BUT PLENTY INVOLVING THIS SCHWINTEK SLIDE & MOUNTING SCREWS. *TR*JB

    NHTSA complaint 11130455
  2. Filed Jul 20, 2017Failure Jun 28, 20173,000 milesLumberton, TXTires

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 PRIME TIME SPARTAN 1234X EQUIPPED WITH POWER KING TOWMAX SP TIRES, SIZE: 235/80/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACTED NOTICED THAT A VEHICLE BEHIND HIM WAS FLASHING THEIR HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRE WITH A SPARE TIRE AND RETURNED THE TIRE TO THE CAMPING WORLD OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA DEALER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE WIRING HARNESS AND CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE REFRIGERATOR DUE TO THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TIRE BLOW OUT. THE TIRE WAS ALSO REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE FINDER WAS BADLY DAMAGED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER HAVING THE TIRES CHECKED. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED TO THE MIDDLE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED A THIRD TIME TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. THE TIRE MINDER DID NOT ALERT THE CONTACT OF ANY TEMPERATURES AND TIRE PRESSURES NOT BEING OF STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE AND TIRES WAS 3,000.

    NHTSA complaint 11006582
  3. Filed Jul 19, 2016Failure Jul 15, 20165,000 milesKeystone Heights, FLWheels

    ALL 4 TIRES FAILED. I WAS PULLING THE TRAILER AT 65 MPH ON I95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE TIRES FAILED ONE BY ONE WITHIN 1 WEEK.

    NHTSA complaint 10885803
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Investigations

NHTSA has not opened an investigation on this model year

Source: NHTSA ODI investigations file.
Service bulletins

1 manufacturer communication cover this model year

Technical service bulletins and other notices the manufacturer sent to dealers. A bulletin is not a recall.

  • 491410 Aug 18, 2021 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
    This is a generic use wiring diagram used for Prime Time Travel Trailer and Fifth-Wheel Recreationally Vehicles.
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications files.