The defect
Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2023 Elk Ridge, Lithium, 2024 Eddie Bauer, Corterra, 2023-2024 Big Country, Big Horn, South Fork, Fuel, Gravity, Mallard, North Trail, Sundance, Milestone, Pioneer, Prowler, Torque, and Trail Runner fifth wheels and travel trailers. The LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.
The risk
A circuit board that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the LED backlights and terminate the wiring, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 9, 2024. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Heartland BIG Country | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Bighorn | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Corterra | 2024 |
| Heartland Eddie Bauer | 2024 |
| Heartland Elkridge | 2023 |
| Heartland Fuel | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Gravity | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Lithium | 2023 |
| Heartland Mallard | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Milestone | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland North Trail | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Pioneer | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Prowler | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland South Fork | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Sundance | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Torque | 2023, 2024 |
| Heartland Trail Runner | 2023, 2024 |
Components: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:OVEN/STOVE/COOKTOP
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland BIG Country | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland BIG Country | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Bighorn | 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| Heartland Bighorn | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Corterra | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Eddie Bauer | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Elkridge | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Fuel | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Fuel | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Gravity | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Gravity | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Lithium | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Mallard | 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| Heartland Mallard | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Milestone | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Milestone | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland North Trail | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland North Trail | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Heartland Pioneer | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Pioneer | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Prowler | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Prowler | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland South Fork | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland South Fork | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Sundance | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Sundance | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartland Torque | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Torque | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Trail Runner | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Heartland Trail Runner | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
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156 of the 950 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2024 concerned the equipment; Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC filed 62 campaigns in all.
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| 24V952000 20 Dec 2024 | Altec Industries, Inc. |
| 24V934000 17 Dec 2024 | Cummins, Inc. |
| 24V929000 13 Dec 2024 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 24V931000 13 Dec 2024 | Featherlite Trailer Manufacturing, LLC |
| 24V912000 6 Dec 2024 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 24V902000 29 Nov 2024 | Kuntry Kustom RV, LLC |
| 24V893000 26 Nov 2024 | Volvo Bus Corporation |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2024