Make

Lance

The complete NHTSA record for Lance vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.

Most Lance recalls are filed by Lance Camper Manufacturing, part of Lance.

Owner complaints in the last five years220 on file in all, across 19 models
Recall campaigns103 in five years
Severity index10.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations02 service bulletins
By year

Owner complaints about Lance vehicles peaked at 10 in 2021

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2015 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.

02.557.51020152016201720182019202020211020222023202420252026
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Components

Equipment draws the most owner complaints about Lance vehicles, 38% of them

Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.

Equipment
9
Electrical system
4
Brakes
2
Structure
1
Wheels
1
Engine and cooling
1
Fuel system
1
Latches and locks
1
Suspension
1
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models

The Travel Trailer has the most complaints of any Lance model

Every Lance model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.

Lance models
ModelModel yearsComplaintsSeverity indexRecallsInvestigations
Travel Trailer2015 to 2021110.0120
19952016 to 2022250.020
Slide-In Camper2015 to 201620.020
16852018 to 202210.030
228520181100.010
2295201810.010
2375201810.010
200I202110.000
198520220None20
21852018 to 20220None20
106220220None10
117220220None10
147520180None10
157520180None10
244520220None10
246520180None10
65020220None10
82520220None10
86520220None10
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns listing a Lance product

  • 22V-201 Mar 28, 2022
    Lance Camper Manufacturing
    Equipment · 18 vehicles
  • 22V-200 Mar 28, 2022
    Lance Camper Manufacturing
    Equipment · 77 vehicles
  • 22V-097 Feb 18, 2022
    Liquid propane (LP) hose may not be properly secured to the frame, allowing the hose to contact the leaf springs, which can cause a gas leak
    Equipment · 120 vehicles
  • 20V-620 Oct 7, 2020
    Lance Camper Manufacturing
    Equipment · 725 vehicles
  • 20V-619 Oct 7, 2020
    Lance Camper Manufacturing
    Equipment · 5,309 vehicles
  • 18V-109 Feb 14, 2018
    Laminated plastic touch pad on the jack may crack or separate allowing water to enter, potentially causing the jack to operate unintentionally
    Equipment · 2,054 vehicles
  • 18V-091 Feb 2, 2018
    Battery on these vehicles may move within its compartment while the vehicle is in motion, causing the door to open and allowing the battery to…
    Electrical system · 1,164 vehicles
  • 17V-407 Jun 28, 2017
    Lance Camper Manufacturing
    Equipment · 42 vehicles
  • 15V-109 Feb 24, 2015
    Affected awnings may have screws that attach the lateral arm brackets to the mounting brackets that were not manufactured to specification
    Equipment · 550 vehicles
  • 15V-003 Jan 8, 2015
    Mounting brackets of the affected awnings may crack, and the awnings may fall
    Equipment · 240 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.