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Heartland Big Country Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 10 safety recalls and 15 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Heartland Big Country (2007–2024). The most-complained-about year is 2013.

10
safety recalls, all years
15
owner complaints, all years
2011
year with most recalls
2013
year with most complaints

Pick your Heartland Big Country model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2024 Heartland Big Country10
2023 Heartland Big Country20
2022 Heartland Big Country10
2016 Heartland Big Country21
2015 Heartland Big Country22
2014 Heartland Big Country21
2013 Heartland Big Country24
2012 Heartland Big Country13
2011 Heartland Big Country33
2010 Heartland Big Country10
2009 Heartland Big Country01
2008 Heartland Big Country10
2007 Heartland Big Country10

What Heartland Big Country owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA. The 2013 model year has the most, with 4.

All Heartland Big Country recalls (10)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Heartland Big Country, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Oven/stove/cooktop (equipment)

    NHTSA 24V236000 Reported 10,038 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2023 Elk Ridge, Lithium, 2024 Eddie Bauer, Corterra, 2023-2024 Big Country, Big Horn, South Fork, Fuel, Gravity, Mallard, North Trail, Sundance, Milestone, Pioneer, Prowler, Torque, and Trail Runner fifth wheels and travel trailers. The LED backlight circuit board in…

    Remedy: Dealers will disconnect and cut the circuit powering the LED backlights and terminate the wiring, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 9, 2024. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at…

    Model years: 2023, 2024

  2. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 23V278000 Reported 100 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland)) is recalling certain 2023 Big Country and Big Horn fifth wheels. The federal certification label may have incorrect tire information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 120, " Wheels and Rims-Other Than Passenger…

    Remedy: Heartland will mail owners replacement certification labels, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 31, 2023. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032.

    Model years: 2023

  3. Lines and fittings (equipment)

    NHTSA 22V432000 Reported 12,285 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2022 Cyclone, Gravity, Sundance, Big Country, Big Horn, Big Horn Traveler, Elkridge, Fuel, North Trail, Landmark, Lithium, Milestone, Torque, Trail Runner, Pioneer, Prowler, and Road Warrior travel trailers. The quick disconnect fittings in the LP gas system may be…

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the quick disconnect fittings, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 29, 2022. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032. Heartland's number…

    Model years: 2022

  4. Equipment

    NHTSA 17V750000 Reported 19,615 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain 2010-2011 Elkridge, North Country, North Trail FW, 2011 Big Country, Bighorn, Caliber, Country Ridge, Cyclone, Edge, Focus, Graystone, Landmark, MPG, North Trail TT, Road Warrior, Sundance, Sundance TT, Sundance XLT FW, Sundance XLT TT, Trail Runner, 2018 Fuel TT,…

    Remedy: Heartland will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on January 15, 2018. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at…

    Model years: 2011

  5. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 15V482000 Reported 1,680 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain trailers of various models and model years. Click on "All Products Associated With This Recall" for a complete list. The tire certification labels applied to the vehicles may contain inaccurate tire sizing and/or inflation information. As such, these vehicles fail to…

    Remedy: Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will send a replacement label with the correct information, free of charge. The recall began on September 29, 2015. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at…

    Model years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

  6. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 15V199000 Reported 252 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain model year 2016 Big Country, Bighorn, Cyclone, Edge, Elkridge, North Trail, Prowler, Road Warrior, Sundance XLT, Torque, Wilderness and 2015-2016 Landmark 365 fifth wheel and travel trailers. In the affected vehicles, the bolts that attach the expanding room to the…

    Remedy: Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective bolts, free of charge. The recall began April 16, 2015. Owners may contact Heartland customer service at 1-877-262-8032. Heartland's number for this…

    Model years: 2016

  7. Non-powered axle assembly (suspension)

    NHTSA 15V049000 Reported 131 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC (Heartland) is recalling certain model year 2015 Heartland Big Country 3800FL vehicles manufactured October 22, 2014, to December 16, 2014 and 2015 Heartland Big Country 3900FLP vehicles manufactured September 23, 2014, to January 12, 2015, 2015 Heartland Big Horn 3750FL vehicles manufactured…

    Remedy: Heartland will notify owners, and dealers will move the axles rearward to help with weight distribution on the Big Horn, and 3800 FL Big Country, and will add a ballast to the pin box to improve handling the 3900 FLP…

    Model years: 2015

  8. Equipment

    NHTSA 13V181000 Reported 890 vehicles potentially affected Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

    Heartland Recreational Vehicles is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Big Country, Bighorn, Elk Ridge, Elk Ridge Express, Landmark, Prowler, Sundance, Sundance XLT, and Silverado fith wheel and travel trailers manufactured February 13, 2013, through April 16, 2013. If the awning installation sequence was not completely followed, the…

    Remedy: Heartland will notify owners and Dometic staff will replace the affected motors with a design that is not subject to an out-of-sequence installation error. The recall began on May 20, 2013. A notification schedule has…

    Model years: 2013, 2014

  9. Axle assembly (power train)

    NHTSA 10V461000 Reported 48 vehicles potentially affected HEARTLAND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, LLC

    Heartland is recalling certain model year 2011 fifth wheel trailers equipped with dexter axles. On some axles, cracks could appear in the spindle weld.

    Remedy: Heartland is working with dexter axle and will inspect the axle serial number and replace it if it falls within the serial number range. Replacement of the axle will be performed free of charge. The safety recall began…

    Model years: 2011

  10. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V380000 Reported 6,002 vehicles potentially affected HEARTLAND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, LLC

    Heartland rv is recalling 6,002 my 2005-2008 big country, landmark, big horn, cyclone, razor, sundance, and trail runner fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a two-door refrigerator manufactured by the dometic corporation. The refrigerator may have a defect in the boiler tube. Pressurized coolant solution could be released into…

    Remedy: Heartland rv is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge.…

    Model years: 2007, 2008

Other Heartland models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.