Heartland Bighorn, model year 2027. Filed by Jayco, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 28 August 2026. 8 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2027 Heartland Bighorn recreational trailers. The Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) listed on the certification label may be incorrect. As such, these trailers fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 567, "Certification."
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.
Jayco's own number for this recall: 9901666. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 26V552 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
Owners of this vehicle were written to on 1 September 2026. The remedy was reworded on 3 September 2026, 2 days later, so the letter described the earlier version. Read both versions.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Referencing the incorrect weight could result in the trailer being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V552 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Jayco, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Other:Labels |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 August 2026 |
| Model years | 2027-2027 |
| Vehicles named | HEARTLAND BIGHORN |
What the notice says today
The defect
Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2027 Heartland Bighorn recreational trailers. The Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) listed on the certification label may be incorrect. As such, these trailers fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 567, "Certification."
The consequence
Referencing the incorrect weight could result in the trailer being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Jayco will mail replacement labels to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 1, 2026. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267. Jayco's number for this recall is 9901666.
What it said before
This notice has been edited since it was first published. NHTSA shows only the current version. Both are below, read straight from the agency at the times shown, with the words that moved marked.
The remedy was rewritten
2 words added, 5 removed. The notice grew from 238 to 223 characters.
Jayco will mail replacement labels to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed September 30, 2026. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267. Jayco's number for this recall is 9901666.
Jayco will mail replacement labels to owners, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 1, 2026. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267. Jayco's number for this recall is 9901666.
Nothing above is our paraphrase. Both columns are the agency’s own text; only the marking is ours.
This is one of 2,628 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . The remedy was last reworded on , and both versions are held.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V552, wording as read on 9 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v552/
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The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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All 207 Jayco 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 26V552 on 9 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
da7ae115 - Consequence
45a380e5 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 1 September 2026 and have caught it being edited 1 time since.
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