Reliability & cost of ownership
Grand Design Imagine Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Grand Design Imagine? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars where on file — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Grand Design Imagine problems by model year
28 recall entries and 70 owner complaints on file across 12 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 Imagine | 2 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2026 Imagine | 2 | None on file at try.vin | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2025 Imagine | 0 | 1 | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2024 Imagine | 0 | 5 | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2023 Imagine | 2 | 5 | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2022 Imagine | 3 | 13 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2021 Imagine | 3 | 18 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2020 Imagine | 2 | 12 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2019 Imagine | 3 | 6 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2018 Imagine | 4 | 8 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2017 Imagine | 5 | 1 | No overall rating on file | AI reliability outlook → |
| 2016 Imagine | 2 | 1 | No overall rating on file | Recalls & complaints → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Grand Design Imagine, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- suspension21 complaints
- unknown or other20 complaints
- tires16 complaints
- structure15 complaints
- equipment11 complaints
- service brakes5 complaints
- wheels5 complaints
- electrical system4 complaints