Recall · 20V486000
Heartland Recreational Vehicles recalled the HEARTLAND Mallard over equipment
204
Vehicles covered
1
Model
1
Model years
August 18, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT
- The defect
- Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2021 Mallard travel trailers. The liquid propane (LP) hose and connector may contact the suspension shackle.
- What it can cause
- Contact with the shackle can cause premature failure of the LP hose, increasing the risk of a fire in the presence of an ignition source.
- What the dealer does
- Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will relocate the hose to prevent the LP hose/connector from being able to make contact with the shackle. The recall began October 9, 2020. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| HeartlandMallard | 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 204 vehicles this is a small campaign: 61% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Heartland vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 32 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V275000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 4 other recalls published here: 21V557000 (equipment), 21V453000 (equipment), 21V428000 (equipment), 21V009000 (suspension).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC with NHTSA on August 18, 2020 as campaign 20V486000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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