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 — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Grand Design Imagine problems by model year
24 recall entries and 64 owner complaints on file across 9 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Imagine | 0 | 4 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2023 Imagine | 2 | 4 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2022 Imagine | 3 | 11 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2021 Imagine | 3 | 17 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2020 Imagine | 2 | 12 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2019 Imagine | 3 | 6 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2018 Imagine | 4 | 8 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2017 Imagine | 5 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2016 Imagine | 2 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
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.
- suspension19 complaints
- unknown or other17 complaints
- tires14 complaints
- structure13 complaints
- equipment11 complaints
- service brakes6 complaints
- electrical system4 complaints
- wheels4 complaints