Heartland Equipment: Labels

Heartland is recalling about 47 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. 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.

Campaign
14V033000
Manufacturer
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC
Reported
4 February 2014
Vehicles
47
Built between
Sep 2013 – Jan 2014
Models
5
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
26 February 2014
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2013 and January 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2014 Heartland Grand CanyonBuilt September 2013 to January 2014
  • 2014 Heartland KEY LargoBuilt September 2013 to January 2014
  • 2014 Heartland MontereyBuilt September 2013 to January 2014
  • 2014 Heartland SAN AntonioBuilt September 2013 to January 2014
  • 2014 Heartland SavannahBuilt September 2013 to January 2014

What the defect is

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."

What could happen

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.

What gets fixed

Heartland will notify owners, and will mail owners a corrected replacement label, free of charge. The recall began on february 26, 2014.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2013 to January 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 February 2014
  3. Owners notified26 February 2014

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 4 February 2014.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Heartland at 1-888-262-5992. Heartland's number for this recall is 99-01-15.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
99-01-15
Recalling manufacturer
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 119
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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