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2016 Heartland Gateway Recalls & Complaints

The 2016 Heartland Gateway has 1 NHTSA recall campaign and 2 owner complaints on file as of November 3, 2026. Recall repairs are usually free at an authorized Heartland dealer.

NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2016 Heartland Gateway. Recall data is refreshed daily from NHTSA.

2016 Heartland Gateway owner complaints

Owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Heartland Gateway, describing incidents dated October 10, 2016 to September 24, 2017.

Most-cited components

Tires 1 complaint
Unknown or Other 1 complaint
Wheels 1 complaint

Newest complaints

ODI #11025447 · Filed September 25, 2017
I EXPERIENCED TWO TREAD SEPARATIONS ON TOW MAX STR TRAILER TIRES, ST235 80R16 LOAD RANGE E. ONE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE MINUTES AFTER ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON THE LEFT FORWARD TIRE. THIS TIRE WAS REMOVED AND THE SPARE WAS INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS ALTER AND 110 MILES DOWN THE ROAD I…
ODI #10915793 · Filed October 13, 2016
TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 TO 65 MPH ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 93, 20 MILES SOUTH OF CALIENTE, NV THE RIGHT FRONT TANDEM TIRE OF THE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER HAD A BLOWOUT CAUSING BODY DAMAGE AND THE STEEL BELTS OF THE BLOWN TIRE WHIPPED THE SIDE WALLS OF THE REAR TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT ALSO. MY CONCERN IS THE…

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Incorrect Tire Size Information/FMVSS 567

NHTSA #15V482000 · Equipment — Other — Labels · NHTSA notice

Reported July 30, 2015 · Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC

Potentially affected: 1,680 vehicles

Repair completion: 8.51% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated November 3, 2026)

Heartland campaign 99-01-23 · Owners notified September 29, 2015 · Vehicles built August 15, 2013 – July 22, 2015 (per NHTSA)

Defect description

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 comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

Safety consequence

An owner or operator could rely on the inaccurate information in inflating the tires which could cause under or over inflation which, in turn, could lead to a tire failure or crash.

Manufacturer 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 1-574-266-3988.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

try.vin has no NCAP crash-test rating on file for the 2016 Heartland Gateway. NHTSA rates some vehicles by body style — pickups by cab, vans by roof height — so check nhtsa.gov/ratings.

2 owner complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2016 Heartland Gateway.

Tires

ODI #11025447

Incident: September 24, 2017 · Filed: September 25, 2017

I EXPERIENCED TWO TREAD SEPARATIONS ON TOW MAX STR TRAILER TIRES, ST235 80R16 LOAD RANGE E. ONE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE MINUTES AFTER ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON THE LEFT FORWARD TIRE. THIS TIRE WAS REMOVED AND THE SPARE WAS INSTALLED. APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS ALTER AND 110 MILES DOWN THE ROAD I EXPERIENCED A VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TREAD SEPARATION FAILURE ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. ALL TIRES ON THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN VISUALLY INSPECTED THAT MORNING AND SHOWED NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF DISTRESS, TIRE PRESSURE WAS VERIFIED COLD WITH A TIRE PRESSURE GATE TO BE 80 PSI. AFTER THE FIRST FAILURE THE REMAINING THREE TIRES WERE EXAMINED AND PRESSURE WAS VERIFIED, AT THIS TIME THE REMAINING TIRES ALSO SHOWED NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF DISTRESS. BOTH TREAD SEPARATIONS CAUSED EXTENSIVE VEHICLE DAMAGE. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING OF AN ISSUE.

Wheels; Unknown or Other

ODI #10915793

Incident: October 10, 2016 · Filed: October 13, 2016

TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 TO 65 MPH ON NEVADA HIGHWAY 93, 20 MILES SOUTH OF CALIENTE, NV THE RIGHT FRONT TANDEM TIRE OF THE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER HAD A BLOWOUT CAUSING BODY DAMAGE AND THE STEEL BELTS OF THE BLOWN TIRE WHIPPED THE SIDE WALLS OF THE REAR TIRE CAUSING IT TO GO FLAT ALSO. MY CONCERN IS THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE PERPENDICULAR SPLIT ACROSS THE TIRE AND THE WAY THIS TIRE WENT TO PIECES. THIS DOESN'T SEEM NORMAL TO ME AND IN THE 45 + YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND I HAVE POSSESSED A CDL LICENSE BEFORE, I HAVE DEALT WITH PROBABLY A DOZEN TIRE BLOW OUTS WITH EQUIPMENT LOADED ON TRAILERS, ON THE TRACTOR AND ON PERSONAL TRUCKS, CARS, MOTORHOMES AND TRAILERS. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO KEEP IT UP RIGHT, SLOW DOWN AND GET IT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN. TIRE PRESSURES WERE AT 80 PSI AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAILER MANUFACTURER AND THE TIRE MANUFACTURER, THE REASON I KNOW IS THE I TOLD THE DEALER OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES LOOSING AIR EXCESSIVELY SO I CHECK THEM EACH TIME BEFORE I GET ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TIRES ARE TOWMAX STR, POWER KING, ST 235/85R16 LOAD RANGE E. I HAVE A WITNESS WITH ME THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET BEHIND ME WHEN THE TIRE BLEW AND WE WENT BACK TO LOOK AND THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTION ON THE HIGHWAY, OF COARSE IF THERE WERE I WOULD HAVE HIT IT WITH MY TRUCK FIRST. I FEEL THAT THESE TIRES NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. I DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING ANY HEADWAY WITH THE TIRE REP (TREDIT TIRE) AND THESE ARE THE TIRES INSTALLED BY HEARTLAND ON THIS TRAILER AND I'M NOT GETTING ANY WHERE WITH THEM EITHER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF YOUR FINDINGS.

Other Heartland Gateway model years

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