EQUIPMENT
If the hinges separate from the ladder while in use, the ladder may fall from the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
If the hinges separate from the ladder while in use, the ladder may fall from the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.
An owner or operator could rely on the inaccurate information in inflating the tires which could cause under or over inflation which, in turn, could lead to a tire failure or crash.
If the room extends while vehicle is in motion, there is an increased risk of a crash.
Two 2016 HEARTLAND ROAD WARRIORs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.