Recall · 21V801000
Heartland Recreational Vehicles recalled the HEARTLAND Mallard Pathfinder over equipment
332
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
October 14, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- The defect
- Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2021-2022 Mallard Pathfinder trailers. The vehicle certification label does not have the correct Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) listed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 120, "Wheels and Rims-Other Than Passenger Cars."
- What it can cause
- Incorrect GAWR information may cause the vehicle to be overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Heartland will mail new labels to owners, and dealers will replace them, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 3, 2021. 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.nhtsa.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 Pathfinder | 2021 to 2022 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 332 vehicles this is a small campaign: 54% 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 model years 2021 to 2022, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2021, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Heartland vehicles have been recalled over the equipment 38 times before this, most recently in July 2021 as 21V557000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
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 October 14, 2021 as campaign 21V801000. 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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