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Highland Ridge FW Open Range Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 10 safety recalls and 7 owner complaints across 7 model years of the Highland Ridge FW Open Range (2010–2023). The most-complained-about year is 2019.

10
safety recalls, all years
7
owner complaints, all years
2017
year with most recalls
2019
year with most complaints

Pick your Highland Ridge FW Open Range model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2023 Highland Ridge FW Open Range10
2019 Highland Ridge FW Open Range23
2018 Highland Ridge FW Open Range11
2017 Highland Ridge FW Open Range32
2016 Highland Ridge FW Open Range11
2015 Highland Ridge FW Open Range10
2010 Highland Ridge FW Open Range20

What Highland Ridge FW Open Range owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA. The 2019 model year has the most, with 3.

All Highland Ridge FW Open Range recalls (10)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Highland Ridge FW Open Range, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Electrical (equipment)

    NHTSA 24V299000 Reported 681 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2022-2023 Mesa Ridge TT, Mesa Ridge XLT FW, Open Range Roamer FW, Open Range TT, Silverstar TT, and Silverstar XLT FW trailers. The LED backlight circuit board in the cooktop range may fail, causing the board to overheat.

    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 22, 2024. Owners may contact Highland Ridge customer service…

    Model years: 2023

  2. Lpg systems (equipment)

    NHTSA 21V430000 Reported 3,072 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Mesa Ridge Limited, Mesa Ridge Lite, Open Range Light, Open Range Ultra Lite, 2019-2020 Mesa Ridge, 2019-2021 Open Range, 2020 Silverstar Limited and Silverstar Lite fifth wheel and travel trailers equipped with a Winntec model 6020 two-stage propane regulator. The regulator…

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the regulator and test the propane system for leaks, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 3, 2021. Owners may contact Highland customer service at 1-260-768-7771.

    Model years: 2019

  3. Oven/stove/cooktop (equipment)

    NHTSA 21V179000 Reported 2,906 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Open Range, Mesa Ridge, Highlander, Silverstar fifth wheels, and 2019-2020 Open Range, Mesa Ridge and Silverstar travel trailers equipped with Dometic 3 burner cooking stoves. The saddle valve securing bolt may be overtightened, possibly damaging the O-ring seal and…

    Remedy: Highland Ridge will notify owners, and dealers will install a remedy kit of gaskets, washers, thread locker bolts, and two round orange labels, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed on May 3, 2021. Owners may…

    Model years: 2019

  4. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 18V074000 Reported 84 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2018 Open Range light travel trailers, model 312BHS. The Federal Label on these vehicles incorrectly lists the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) as 5100lbs when the correct GAWR is 4400lbs. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety…

    Remedy: Highland Ridge will notify owners, and dealers will replace the incorrect Federal Label with a corrected label, free of charge. The recall began on February 7, 2018. Owners may contact Highland Ridge customer service…

    Model years: 2018

  5. Equipment

    NHTSA 17V748000 Reported 1,719 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2010 Open Range, Residential and Rolling Thunder fifth wheels and 2010 Journeyer and Roamer recreational trailers. These vehicles are equipped with Kidde Plastic-Handle or Push Button 'Pindicator' Fire Extinguishers that may become clogged, preventing the extinguisher from…

    Remedy: Highland Ridge 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 Highland Ridge customer service at…

    Model years: 2010

  6. Interior lighting

    NHTSA 17V288000 Reported 3,379 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2017 Open Range, Highlander, Light and Roamer and Mesa Ridge fifth wheels and Mesa Ridge, Light, Roamer and Ultra Lite travel trailers. The LED ceiling lights may produce excessive heat.

    Remedy: Highland Ridge will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected LED ceiling lights with a different light, free of charge. The recall began on May 23, 2017. Owners may contact Highland Ridge customer service…

    Model years: 2017

  7. Non-powered axle assembly (suspension)

    NHTSA 17V065000 Reported 148 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland Ridge) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Open Range fifth-wheel vehicles. The axle hangers on the affected vehicles may puncture the riser tube wall, allowing the axle to shift and become misaligned.

    Remedy: Highland Ridge will notify owners, and dealers will weld on new hangers, free of charge. The recall began on March 29, 2017. Owners may contact Highland Ridge customer service at 1-260-768-7771. Highland Ridge's number…

    Model years: 2016, 2017

  8. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 17V037000 Reported 396 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland) is recalling certain 2017 Open Range, Mesa Ridge and Roamer fifth wheels and travel trailers. These vehicles are equipped with an outside range that can be stored with the gas valve left open, allowing gas to enter and buildup within the vehicle.

    Remedy: Highland Ridge will notify owners and dealers will install a larger gas valve handle, inspect that the drawer guide rail is in its proper location, repairing it as required, and place a warning label on the range…

    Model years: 2017

  9. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 15V834000 Reported 180 vehicles potentially affected Highland Ridge RV

    Highland Ridge RV (Highland) is recalling certain model year 2015 Open Range fifth wheels and 2015-2016 3X fifth wheels and Highlander travel trailers manufactured May 8, 2014, to December 4, 2015 and equipped with a side vented sewer drainage system termination valve. The affected vehicles may be missing a caution label to inform the…

    Remedy: Highland will notify owners and send them the missing label, free of charge. The recall began on January 15, 2016. Owners may contact Highland customer service at 1-260-768-7771. Highland's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2015

  10. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 10V524000 Reported 264 vehicles potentially affected OPEN RANGE R.V. COMPANY

    Open range is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 open range, residential and rolling thunder recreational vehicles equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are…

    Remedy: Open range is working with norcold to get the units repaired free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049. The safety recall began on march 2, 2011. Owners may contact norcold at 1-800-767-9101.

    Model years: 2010

Other Highland Ridge FW 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.