Grand Design Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Grand Design is recalling about 1,662 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the slide room opens during transit there would be an increased risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V271000
Manufacturer
Grand Design RV, LLC
Reported
25 April 2017
Vehicles
1,662
Built between
Dec 2016 – Apr 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
15 May 2017
Repaired
69%
Unrepaired
515

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2016 and April 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017-2018 Grand Design ImagineBuilt December 2016 to April 2017

Repair progress

515 of 1,662 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2018.

69% repaired — 1,147 of 1,662 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Imagine travel trailers. The screws that secure the slide room mechanism columns may shear, allowing the slide room to extend while the trailer is being towed.

What could happen

If the slide room opens during transit there would be an increased risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Grand Design will notify owners, and dealers will replace the slide mechanism column securing screws, free of charge. The recall began on May 15, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2016 to April 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA25 April 2017
  3. Owners notified15 May 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2018 — 69% repaired

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 25 April 2017.

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 Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679. Grand Design's number for this recall is 910009.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
910009
Recalling manufacturer
Grand Design RV, LLC
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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