2016 Heartland Pioneer Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2016 Heartland Pioneer, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Other / unspecified150.0%
- Suspension150.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HEARTLAND PIONEER TRAVEL TRAILER. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE EMERGING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AND IT STARTED TO WOBBLE IN A FISHTAIL MANNER. THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ON THE TRAILER BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME AND CHANGED THE TIRE. WHILE DRIVING ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION, ANOTHER MOTORIST ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR TIRES LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE ABOUT TO DETACH FROM THE AXLE. THE TRAILER WAS DRIVEN VERY SLOWLY TO THE NEAREST DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS BENT AND WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND WAS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Suspension
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HEARTLAND PIONEER TRAVEL TRAILER. WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE EMERGING FROM THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AND IT STARTED TO WOBBLE IN A FISHTAIL MANNER. THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ON THE TRAILER BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT HAD TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME AND CHANGED THE TIRE. WHILE DRIVING ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION, ANOTHER MOTORIST ALERTED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR TIRES LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE ABOUT TO DETACH FROM THE AXLE. THE TRAILER WAS DRIVEN VERY SLOWLY TO THE NEAREST DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS BENT AND WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF TRAILER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND WAS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS NO FAILURE MILEAGE.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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