2020 Grand Design Imagine problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Tires (5) · Tires:tread/Belt (2) · Suspension (2)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Grand Design Imagine model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
Safety recalls (2)
Structure:interior Panels:door 2022-01-28 · campaign 22V039000 · 20,144 vehicles
Defect: Grand Design RV, LLC (Grand Design) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Imagine travel trailers. The cast aluminum pull handles on the cabinet doors and drawers may have sharp edges.
Risk: Sharp handles could scrape or cut an occupant, increasing their risk of injury.
Fix: Dealers will replace the handles, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 14, 2022. Owners may contact Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679. Grand Design's number for this recall is 910027.
Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer:lpg Systems 2021-05-26 · campaign 21V393000 · 55,508 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Risk: Excessive gas pressure and a larger than intended appliance flame can increase the risk of a fire.
Fix: 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.
Service bulletins (1)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Equipment 2019-10-08 · TSB19-005 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
on the roll-over sofa, the sofa back stop bolt may be missing. as a result, when the sofa back is rolled over to make a bed it may not lay flat.
What owners report
2026-06-02 · Unknown Or Other“i am filing a formal safety complaint against camping world for structural equipment overloading, unauthorized safety component manipulation, and willful public safety endangerment. on may 29, the dealer hitched a 37' long trailer to my half ton truck frame. this combination violates critical highway stability standards. a 37' trailer requires a mi…”
2025-06-17 · Suspension“the frame of the trailer has. cracked in 4 places. directly behind each wheel. right in the middle of. the steel. there is a known defect in these frames. cheap steel? who knows but i'm one of many that this has happened to. the company has denied any warrranty. …”
2024-10-05 · Tires“all tires failed. 225/75 r15 took my tires in for a routine rotation and balance cracks were on the tires. dry rot…”
2024-07-25 · Structure:body“frame is cracked. both sides frame rails have horizontal cracks forming near the leaf spring mount brackets. the structural integrity of our camper is now compromised. if a frame rail were to fail during travel, the loss of control to the tow vehicle would follow, most likely on public roadways. the crack will be present no matter who inspects it. …”
2023-09-08 · Tires · 2,000 mi“the contact owns a 2020 grand design imagine equipped with westlake tires, tire line: super st, tire size: 225/75/r15, dot number: jult1ct. the contact stated while driving 60 mph, the contact heard a loud explosion and became aware that the front driver’s side tire had experienced a blowout. the contact was able to pull over on the side of the roa…”
2023-06-19 · Tires:tread/Belt“tire size st225/75/r15. traveling on a two lane county highway in pierce county, wi. tire pressure as indicated on the tire minder i10 tpms was 82 psi. ambient air temperature was about 70f. road surface was dry at the time. incident began with suspected rupture in tire sidewall. no indication by tpms prior to incident of increased temperature or d…”
2022-07-01 · Tires“the tire came apart. the tread separated from the rest of the tire and the whole tire separated like it was cut in half. others safety was at risk because of debris. it hasn’t been presented to dealer yet. it has not been inspected yet. i use a tire pressure monitoring system and all tires were showing similar readings for psi and temperature 70-72…”
2022-05-17 · Equipment:recreational Vehicle/Trailer:lpg Systems“there is currently an rv recall coming out concerning 150,000 2021 through 2023 travel trailers and fifth wheels for a faulty quick disconnect fitting in the propane system, which can crack, leak, and cause fires. i own a 2020 grand design, imagine, travel trailer which had the exact same defect as this list describes. i paid my rv dealership $539 …”
2022-04-25 · Tires:tread/Belt“225/75r15 tire load range e tire experienced complete tread separation and i have retained the majority of the tire remaining for further inspection. the tire information tag afixed to the camper specified 80 psi max cold pressure. after sitting overnight prior to morning departure all 4 tires were checked and set to 78 psi cold pressure and inspec…”
2022-04-22 · Tires“the contact owns a 2020 grand design imagine 2600rb equipped with westlake tire, tire line: unknown, tire size: st225/75r15 and the dot number was unknown. the contact stated while the trailer was being delivered to his residence, the rear passenger side tire blowout. the driver was able to replaced the rear passenger side tire. the contact stated …”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.