Before we left forour trip we were checking the tires and notice that on of the tires were coming apart. We had that tire replaced. Then on our way home pulling our heartland camper on 301 going 55mph another tire blow caused damaged to the camper. Rip the wiring harness out of camper.
The worst 2012 Heartland Big Country problems
Ranked by number of owner complaints. Mileage and cost come from what owners wrote.
- Tires2
- Body1
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- Tires2
- Body1
Recalls 1
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- What is wrong
- 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."
- Risk
- 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.
- 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.
Recall number 15V482000 · Recall details
What 2012 Heartland Big Country owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
Driving home from texas in our 2008 dodge ram 3500 pulling a 2012 heartland big country 3690slr the rear passenger side tire on the 5th wheel blew off. We doing about 60-65 MPH on i81 in pa. There was no warning at all it just blew off the rim. The tire was a power king towmax 235 80r 16. It did damage to the side of the slide and pulled the wires from the outlet and the lights in the slide.
I purchased a brand new fifth wheel in 2012 to avoid issues with used equipment, around april 2013 I noticed an issue with the molding in the front of the trailer separating when the load of the trailer was lowered on the pin box with the landing gear up. After taking pictures of this and forwarding them to heartland they notified me that the trailer would need to come back to indiana from the west coast for repairs at the factory.they informed me that lippert the manufacturer of the frames has had several issues with frames bending and breaking.they assured me that the trailer was safe to use and pull cross country until they could fix it fall 2013.after googling lippert frame problems I quickly found out I am not the only one with these issues some much worse.they offered the repair at no cost but fuel and lodging will be at least $4-5k at my expense.
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Is the 2012 Heartland Big Country reliable?
Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2012 Heartland Big Country, 1.5 times a typical Big Country model year.
What is the most common problem with the 2012 Heartland Big Country?
Tires, with 2 complaints. Next is body (1).
How many recalls does the 2012 Heartland Big Country have?
1 recall, covering equipment.
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