Lance Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Lance is recalling about 42 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If components such as a bicycle rack are not properly supported, they may contact the road, possibly resulting in road debris, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V407000
Manufacturer
Lance Camper Manufacturing. Corp.
Reported
28 June 2017
Vehicles
42
Built between
Mar 2017 – May 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
26 May 2017
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

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

  • 2018 Lance Travel TrailerBuilt March 2017 to May 2017

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q2 2017.

100% repaired — 42 of 42 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

Lance Camper Manufacturing. Corp. (Lance Camper) is recalling certain 2018 Lance Travel Trailers equipped with adjustable utility receivers sold as optional or aftermarket equipment. The receivers may have insufficient welds and, as a result, things connected to the receiver such as a bicycle rack may not be properly positioned.

What could happen

If components such as a bicycle rack are not properly supported, they may contact the road, possibly resulting in road debris, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Lance Camper has notified owners, and the owners will be refunded for their purchase once the receiver is returned. As an option, customers may instead get a bike rack that goes on the front of the travel trailer, free of charge. The recall began on May 26, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2017 to May 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 June 2017
  3. Owners notified26 May 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2017 — 100% 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 28 June 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 Lance Camper customer service at 1-661-949-3322.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Lance Camper Manufacturing. Corp.
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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