2016 Grand Design Reflection Problems, complaints & recalls

I've had 2 wheel bearing failures on the same wheel. I'm wondering if the unit is over weight for these bearings. Gvwr 9995 lb, 2 axles rated 4400 lb each, 1536 lb hitch weight. Unit gvwr of 9995 lb minus hitch weight of 1536 lb puts 8459 lb on the axles. Two 4400 lb axles means 8800 lb total axle strength minus 8459 lb trailer weight means axles should be sufficient. Except that it runs on rvd-h 65535 hubs. I've been told that "65535" translates to: 6 bolt, 5.5 Inches between bolts and the 35 means 3500...

Suspected diminished braking action while towing my 2016 grand design 313 rlts 37 foot rv. We towed from the northeast to the southwest this last september. Once arriving at our destination and placing the rv in storage I began researching the brake set up. The manufacturer of the axles lippert components, inc had put out a notice that affected my rv. The notice described an anomaly during the assembly process where too much wheel bearing grease was introduced to the hub assembly. This caused the seals to fail...

In august of this year, I purchased a 2016 grand design reflection 313rlts travel trailer (used) from a grand design dealer (palm beach rv, west palm beach, fl). Vin: [[redacted]]. I have driven this trailer approximately 2,000 miles. I noticed that the trailer wasn't braking as good as it should be, so I took it in to a local rv repair shop (rvtech, ft. Myers, fl) to have it checked out. Upon inspection, they discovered that all four of my grease seals have failed, and that the backing plates and brakes were...

Over packed wheel bearings from factory causing grease to be forced past rear wheel bearing seals and contaminating electric brakes. Brake effectiveness severely compromised causing difficulty in stopping 5th wheel trailer. Problem should have been found by selling dealership during it's first warranty inspection but was ignored or overlooked. (Tom stinnett's campers inn rv in louisville ky) first contact with company, dealership denied working on the rv at all, then later said they did in april of 2017. Then...

After less than 200 miles of total travel, we are informed that the wheel bearings and "backing plates" need to be replaced to the tune of nearly $1,000. My brakes are getting grease on them. This is an obvious safety hazard. Searching on the internet - the web is full of people with the same issues. The manufacturer, so far, is avoiding responsibility with a list of bs excuses about owners doing their own maintenance etc. Brakes, bearings, axles, backing plates, should not be an issue on a nearly new trailer with...

Lippert break components. The grease seals failed on the drum breaks on my double axle trailer. The trailer was manufactured 4/2015 and I noticed the failure by 7/2017. All four break assemblies had grease on the drum, pads and other parts. Entire assembly has been replaced at all four wheels.

Leaking axel seals causing grease to cover brake shoes, brake magnets and drums.

Grease getting past the seals from the bearings. This was present on all of the wheels on 5th wheel affecting the brakes. Upon inspection grease was present on all the brakes affecting the stopping effectiveness. Totally unacceptable this company knows about this problem and has not corrected it.

Axle bearing grease leaked past the axle grease seals and coated the brake drums and brake shoes causing a loss of braking ability.

At about 2000 miles I noticed an oily substance leaking onto our wheels of our travel trailer. At the same time there was a noticeable decrease in the breaking ability when pulling the 5th wheel. Upon inspection of the wheels and pulling off the break drums, there was leaking seals and the breaks were contaminated with grease. Obviously this was a definite safety issue that should be brought to your attention.

My rv is only 9 months old and it is on city power. Lights with motion sensing- the light in the motion sensing position, started to smoke and indicate fire within the light itself. Model #sd1510-pir 12v dc, 4w smd led. On grand designs web site it indicates not to use the light pictured and to use a different part number. They are no longer wanting to install the original part for some reason. The potential for fire and a death are high if we don't remedy this issue. I was fortunate enough to be present when it failed. I still have 4 more of the same lights in my rv.

All four axle seals were leaking on the trailer. The leaking grease was sprayed on the wheels and also two had coated the brakes. This appeared after I had towed the trailer for 200 miles after taking it new off of the dealer lot.

Loss of braking ability while traveling, when investigating the problem found grease on all four brake sets. Axle and brakes are lippert brand

My 2016 357bhs has a stated 7k gawr. The lci axle is 7k and the westlake tires are listed at 3520 while the 6 lug wheels are stamped with only 3200 lbs which gives me 6400 gawr and not meeting the stated 7k gawr.

Only 1700 miles on unit. Found axle grease seals blown with grease on brakes.

The wheel bearing axle seals failed after about 1,000 miles of towing which caused grease to cover the brake shoes resulting in an almost complete loss of braking. This is a widely known issue with parts lippert uses to assemble the axles, wheel and brake assemblies.

While rolling down the highway all four of the wheel hub seals leaked grease allowing grease to escape and contaminate the breaks due to over filling and poor viscosity grease. This accrued over a period of time towing the trailer, the attached picture is of one of the hubs all were the same.

Tl* the contact owned a 2016 grand design reflection rv. The vehicle caught fire while parked. A fire report was not filed. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The contact was informed by the fire marshall that the fire was caused by an electrical failure. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vin and failure mileage were unknown.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 grand design reflection 337. While driving approximately 55 mph, the brakes hesitated to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the axle grease seal fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 400.