Frame Flex on Grand Design Fifth Wheel Recreational Trailers
PE24029
Still open preliminary evaluation · opened October 9, 2024 · the body structure
NHTSA safety record
Grand Design
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Grand Design, model years 2015 to 2024.
24
Vehicles
484
Complaints
62
Recalls
13
Fires
0
Deaths
24Grand Design year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 484 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name the body structure than any other system: 254 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2021 Momentum, with 57.
NHTSA holds 62 recall campaigns naming Grand Design vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here. 1 defect investigation into these vehicles is open and unresolved.
Most complained-about Grand Design models
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
What goes wrong on a Grand Design
The systems named most often across every Grand Design complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
- STRUCTURE 254
- SUSPENSION 115
- SERVICE BRAKES 81
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 45
- WHEELS 26
Open investigations (1)
NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining and has not closed the file. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.
Most recent Grand Design recalls
The newest campaigns naming a Grand Design, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
26V616000 · September 24, 2026
While damage to the power center increases the risk of a fire, damage to the electrical system may cause the trailer brakes or exterior lightings to fail, increasing the risk of a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 16,128 vehicles
TIRES
26V595000 · September 14, 2026
A tire may fail while traveling at higher speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 42 vehicles
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:120/240 VAC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INVERTER
26V492000 · July 28, 2026
An overheated conductor may increase the risk of a fire.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 7 vehicles
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
26V491000 · July 28, 2026
Incorrect tire pressure information can result in over inflated tires, increasing the risk of tire failure and a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 10 vehicles
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:120/240 VAC ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:RECEPTACLE
26V490000 · July 28, 2026
Contact with wiring may cause a short circuit or an electrical arc, increasing the risk of a fire.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 2 vehicles
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
26V446000 · July 10, 2026
An overheated printed circuit board increases the risk of a fire.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 448 vehicles
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
26V354000 · June 1, 2026
Broken shock retainer bolt heads and washers may detach and become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 1,111 vehicles
SEATS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
26V277000 · April 30, 2026
A loose base may allow the seat to move during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 426 vehicles
STRUCTURE:CRITICAL FASTENERS
26V276000 · April 30, 2026
A detached solar panel can become a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 1,269 vehicles
STRUCTURE:BODY:STEP/LADDER
26V174000 · March 20, 2026
Steps extending while in transit increase the risk of a crash.
Grand Design RV, LLC · up to 1,127 vehicles
Every manufacturer's latest recalls, or check a single car with the VIN lookup.
Every Grand Design page on this site
24 vehicles across 4 models, newest model year first.
Built from NHTSA's complaint file published October 2, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
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