2019 Grand Design Imagine

Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues

Equipment is the leading concern among 6 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 5th highest complaint count among 9 Imagine model years with reports.

Complaints by model year
  1. 6
Primary concernEquipment3 reports · 50% of complaints
Owner complaints6Filed with NHTSA
Recall relationship3 safety recallsNHTSA campaign records

What owners report most often

  1. Equipment3
  2. Service brakes2
  3. Electrical system1
  4. Forward collision avoidance1
  5. Suspension1
  6. Other or unspecified1

Recalls and investigations

  1. Equipment, recreational vehicle/trailer, lpg systemsMay 26, 2021

    Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling certain 2016-2021 Imagine, Transcend, and Momentum travel trailers. The LP regulator that controls the LP gas pressure may fail, allowing excessive gas pressure that causes the appliance flame to increase.

    Excessive gas pressure and a larger than intended appliance flame can increase the risk of a fire.

    Dealers will replace the LP regulator, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 24, 2021. Owners may contact Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679. Grand Design's number for this recall is 910023.

    Campaign 21V393000 on NHTSA.gov

  2. Suspension, rear, axle, non-powered axle assemblyNov 20, 2018

    Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling certain 2019 Grand Design Imagine recreational trailers, built on D28H, D35, D40 or D44 trailer axles. The inner hub bearings may not have been sufficiently greased, which can cause the bearings to overheat and fail.

    If the bearings overheat, the hub may fail, affecting handling and increasing the risk of a crash.

    Grand Design will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair the hubs and bearings, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began December 12, 2018. Owners may contact Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679. Grand Design's number for this recall is 910018.

    Campaign 18V823000 on NHTSA.gov

  3. Suspension, rear, axle, non-powered axle assemblySep 24, 2018

    Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling certain 2019 Grand Design Reflection, Imagine and Transcend travel trailers. These axles may be missing inner bearings on the hubs, which can cause the bearing to burnout or cause the hub to overheat.

    If the bearings prematurely wear, it can cause the hub to overheat and smoke, increasing the risk of a fire.

    Grand Design will notify owners, and dealers will replace the defective hubs with new hubs or replace the axles, free of charge. The recall began October 22, 2018. Owners may contact Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679. Grand Design's number for this recall is 910015.

    Campaign 18V658000 on NHTSA.gov

Representative owner complaints: forward collision avoidance

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  1. Other or unspecified, Forward collision avoidance, Jul 28, 2021

    The 2019 Grand Design Imagine Travel Trailer is built of a Lippert chassis, this chassis combined with the commonly used Equal-i-zer sway control hitch is resulting in the trailer safety chains being damaged, which may cause serious damage, injury or death if the trailer becomes separated from the tow vehicle hitch. These chains are also linked to the trailer's emergency braking system. Grand Design should recall and cover the movement of the safety chain's attachment point further back on the trailer frame, to avoid safety chain failure due to damage that occurs when turning and pinching the chains. My small RV dealer in Indiana (Evans & Sons, Petersburg, IN) has seen four of five of these issues in addition to my trailer in the past year. They have reported this to Grand Design, as have I, but Grand Design is not covering the move of the safety chains attachment point further back on the trailer frame. In addition to my trailer and those my dealership have seen, there are several other photos of the same issue online. https://www.mygrandrv.com/forum/showthread.php/36086-Repositioning-safety-chains