Heartland GREYSTONE problems and owner complaints
Explore the records behind recurring owner reports.
Key facts
3 owner complaints analyzed
0 distinct recall campaigns
5,700 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 2010 to 2012 model years. Data updated: . 3 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.
This selection has limited data. It remains available for lookup but is excluded from search indexing.
Most common problems
Service Brakes is the most frequently named component, appearing in 2 of 3 complaints (66.7%). A complaint can name multiple components.
| Topic | Matching reports | Share of complaints |
|---|---|---|
| Braking behavior | 2 | 66.7% |
Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.
Component breakdown
Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2 |
| Tires | 1 |
| Wheels | 1 |
Service Brakes: 2; Tires: 1; Wheels: 1
Reported problems by failure mileage
Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Under 25,000 | 3 |
| 25,000 to 49,999 | 0 |
| 50,000 to 74,999 | 0 |
| 75,000 to 99,999 | 0 |
| 100,000 to 149,999 | 0 |
| 150,000 and above | 0 |
Under 25,000: 3; 25,000 to 49,999: 0; 50,000 to 74,999: 0; 75,000 to 99,999: 0; 100,000 to 149,999: 0; 150,000 and above: 0
Under 25,000 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (3). 0 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.
Complaints over time
Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 |
2013: 1; 2014: 2
Pattern summary
Service Brakes leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 2 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.
Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.
Complaint evidence
Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.
Owner report 10549637 · 2013-10-26 (October 26, 2013)
THIS SPRING (2013) THE BRAKES ON MY FIFTH WHEEL RV TRAILER APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING. AFTER A FALL CAMPING TRIP IT SEEMED I HAD NO TRAILER BRAKES. A TEST REVEALED THAT FULL EMERGENCY BRAKING INDUCED BY PULLING THE BREAKAWAY PIN WOULD NOT LOCK UP THE BRAKES. FURTHER TESTS SHOWED THAT ELECTRIC MAGNETS IN ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING BUT NOT CAUSING ENOUGH BRAKING TO LOCK UP THE WHEELS. I FOLLOWED UP BY TAKING THE TRAILER TO MY LOCAL RV DEALER WHO CHECKED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE MAGNETS WERE TOO WEAK TO MAKE BRAKES FUNCTION…
Owner-reported narrative. 5,700 miles reported. Look up ODI 10549637 at NHTSA ↗
Owner report 10564471 · 2014-02-15 (February 15, 2014)
ELECTRIC FIFTH WHEEL RV TRAILER BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO WEAK MAGNETS. MY RV SERVICE SAYS THIS IS COMMON WITH MANY LIPPERT TRAILER BRAKES. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER (HEARTLAND) AND ASKED FOR HELP. THEY REFUSED DUE TO THE TRAILER BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. ASKED THEM TO CONTACT LIPPERT. LIPPERT REFUSED TO HELP STATING THAT THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THIS IS NOT TRUE. LIPPERT SHOULD STAND BEHIND THIS INFERIOR PRODUCT. THESE BRAKES ARE BEING USED IN THOUSANDS OF RVS AND THEIR PREMATURE FAILURE CAUSES UNWARRANTED RISK TO P…
Owner-reported narrative. 3,500 miles reported. Look up ODI 10564471 at NHTSA ↗
Recalls by model year
All campaigns in the snapshot affecting each model year, including recalls announced years later.
Recall campaigns
Shared campaigns appear once in each affected model year.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 |
2010: 0; 2012: 0
Year-by-year records
Vehicle analysis explorer
Inspect model-year patterns, reported mileage, monthly activity and the evidence behind each signal.
Data completeness
3 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Problems by model year
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
| Component | 2010 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | 2100.0%ODI 10549637 · 5,700 miTHIS SPRING (2013) THE BRAKES ON MY FIFTH WHEEL RV TRAILER APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING. AFTER A FALL CAMPING TRIP IT SEEMED I HAD NO TRAILER BRAKES. A TEST REVEALED THAT FULL EMERGENCY BRAKING INDUCED BY PULLING THE BREAKAWAY PIN WOULD NOT LOCK UP THE BRAKES. FURTHER TESTS SHOWED THAT ELECTRIC MAGNETS IN ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING BUT NOT CAUSING ENOUGH BRAKING TO LOCK UP THE WHEELS. I FOLLOWED UP BY TAKING THE TRAILER TO MY LOCAL RV DEALER WHO CHECKED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE MAGNETS WERE TOO WEAK TO MAKE BRAKES FUNCTION… | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. |
| Tires | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 1100.0%ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… |
| Wheels | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 1100.0%ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… |
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Failure mileage by component
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
| Component | Mileage range (25th–75th percentile) | Median | Usable records | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | Too few reports for a range | 4,600 mi | 2 (sparse) | ODI 10549637 · 5,700 miTHIS SPRING (2013) THE BRAKES ON MY FIFTH WHEEL RV TRAILER APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING. AFTER A FALL CAMPING TRIP IT SEEMED I HAD NO TRAILER BRAKES. A TEST REVEALED THAT FULL EMERGENCY BRAKING INDUCED BY PULLING THE BREAKAWAY PIN WOULD NOT LOCK UP THE BRAKES. FURTHER TESTS SHOWED THAT ELECTRIC MAGNETS IN ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING BUT NOT CAUSING ENOUGH BRAKING TO LOCK UP THE WHEELS. I FOLLOWED UP BY TAKING THE TRAILER TO MY LOCAL RV DEALER WHO CHECKED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONFIRMED THAT THE MAGNETS WERE TOO WEAK TO MAKE BRAKES FUNCTION… ODI 10564471 · 3,500 miELECTRIC FIFTH WHEEL RV TRAILER BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO WEAK MAGNETS. MY RV SERVICE SAYS THIS IS COMMON WITH MANY LIPPERT TRAILER BRAKES. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER (HEARTLAND) AND ASKED FOR HELP. THEY REFUSED DUE TO THE TRAILER BEING OUT OF WARRANTY. ASKED THEM TO CONTACT LIPPERT. LIPPERT REFUSED TO HELP STATING THAT THE BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THIS IS NOT TRUE. LIPPERT SHOULD STAND BEHIND THIS INFERIOR PRODUCT. THESE BRAKES ARE BEING USED IN THOUSANDS OF RVS AND THEIR PREMATURE FAILURE CAUSES UNWARRANTED RISK TO P… |
| Tires | Too few reports for a range | 7,513 mi | 1 (sparse) | ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… |
| Wheels | Too few reports for a range | 7,513 mi | 1 (sparse) | ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… |
Complaint and recall timeline
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
| Month | Complaints | Campaigns announced | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2024-12 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-01 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-02 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-03 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-04 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-05 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-06 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-07 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-08 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-09 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-10 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-11 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-12 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-01 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-02 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-03 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-04 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-05 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-06 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-07 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-08 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-09 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-10 (partial) | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
Emerging complaint spikes
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Equal-age model-year comparison
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2010: 0 complaints · 2012: 1 complaints
| Model year | Through age 0 | Through age 1 | Through age 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Date coverage across each selected cohort
| Year | Incident dates used | Filing date fallbacks | Excluded dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Components reported together
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
| Component | Service Brakes | Tires | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tires | 0 | — | 1ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… |
| Wheels | 0 | 1ODI 10595200 · 7,513 miAPPROXIMATELY 65 MILES FROM HOME A POWER KING TOWMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW. THE TREAD AND STEEL BELTS SPLIT BLOWING OUT THE SIDE PANELS AND TRIM ON MY 2012 HEARTLAND GREYSTONE 30 MK. A PIECE OF THE TIRE OR SIDE PANEL HIT A CAR FOLLOWING ME AND DAMAGED THE FRONT BUMPER AREA. THE TIRE HAD ONLY 7513 MILES ON IT AND WAS ONLY 2 AND ONE HALF YEARS OLD. THEN ON 5/13/2014 ANOTHER POWER KING TOMAX STR 235 80 R 16 BLEW OUT ON THE OPPOSITE OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES LATER. IT ALSO DAMAGED THE SLIDE OUT, SIDE PANELS AND TRIM. THE ESTIMA… | — |
Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.
Recurring narrative patterns
Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.
0 patterns with matching reports.
No narratives match the published patterns.