Heartland Fair Field, Heartland Lakeview, Heartland Resort, model years 2016 to 2017. Filed by Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 18 May 2016. 172 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2016-2017 trailers manufactured September 28, 2015, to April 30, 2016.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V318 cover?
- Heartland Fair Field, Heartland Lakeview, Heartland Resort, model years 2016-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2016-2017 trailers manufactured September 28, 2015, to April 30, 2016.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event that the main trailer connection fails, the weight of the trailer could break the safety chains. This would allow the trailer to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will replace the chains, free of charge. The recall began on June 2, 2016. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “In the event that the main trailer connection fails, the weight of the trailer could break the safety chains. This would allow the trailer to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V318 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC |
| System at fault | Structure |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 May 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2017 |
| Vehicles named | HEARTLAND FAIR FIELD, HEARTLAND LAKEVIEW, HEARTLAND RESORT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event that the main trailer connection fails, the weight of the trailer could break the safety chains. This would allow the trailer to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will replace the chains, free of charge. The recall began on June 2, 2016. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V318, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v318/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- 22V305: 2022 Sundance trailers
- 22V294: 2022 Heartland Fuel travel trailers
- 22V199: 2021-2022 North Trail trailers
- 22V170: 2022 Lithium, Prowler, and Trail Runner travel trailers, equipped with a 50-amp shore power inlet
All 60 Heartland campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V318 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
91099807 - Consequence
f8a0978e - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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