{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=LANCE","name":"LANCE","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-24T23:42:33.335Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":5,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fires":3},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":2},{"component_desc":"VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR","n":1},{"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1601654","date_received":"2019-09-10","make":"LANCE","model":"2285","model_year":2018,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2020 (NA) LANCE CAMPER 2285 TRAVEL TRAILER. WHILE THE TRAILER WAS BEING TOWED, THE SYSTEM SWITCHED FROM ELECTRIC TO PROPANE OPERATION AND THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ODOR OF BURNING PLASTIC. APPROXIMATELY FIVE HOURS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FIRE BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR. THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SCOTTS RECREATION (LOCATED AT 2239 AUBURN RD, TURNER, ME 04282, (207) 224-8444) WAS CONTACTED AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO HAVE THE REFRIGERATOR REPLACED. THE OTHER DAMAGES WERE ALSO REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1601654"},{"cmplid":"1469056","date_received":"2018-05-16","make":"LANCE","model":"1995","model_year":2018,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"THIS IS A NEW TRAVEL TRAILER AND THE RV WAS STATIONARY.  MAIN CIRCUIT TRIPPED FREQUENTLY AND I SMELLED BURNING WIRING. AC AND MICROWAVE WOULD NOT WORK. RV DEALER SAID THAT THE WIRE WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY UNDER THE MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER SCREW CAUSING A SHOT CIRCUIT. THIS ALSO BURNED ADJACENT WIRING. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE BUT FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT. ANOTHER LANCE OWNER WE MET LAST FEBRUARY HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT IN HIS BR LIGHT THEIR LANCE 1995 RV TRAILE. HE HAD TO CUT THE WIRES AND WIRE CAP THEM TO PREVENT FURTHER SHORT CIRCUITS. IN ADDITION TO THESE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LANCE ALSO HAS RECALLS ON THEIR SMART JACKS FOR A FAULTY JACK STAND THAT CAN COLLAPSE AND A RECALL FOR ITS BATTERY COMPARTMENTS HERE THE 12 VOLT BATTERIES HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THESE 1995 TRAVEL TRAILERS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THESE TRAVEL TRAILER AND I THINK THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD REVIEW THEIR MANUFACTURING AND PARTS PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND ESPECIALLY THEIR QUALITY CONTROL PROCESSES.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1469056"},{"cmplid":"302929","date_received":"2001-07-12","make":"LANCE","model":"980","model_year":1995,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR","description":"1993 CAMPER HAS AN EXIT WINDOW ABOVE  BED.   EXIT WINDOW HAS 4 SHARP CORNERS THAT ARE SO SHARP  THAT CONSUMER'S HEAD WAS PUNCTURED AND CUT WHEN HE BRUSHED AGAINST ONE OF CORNERS . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.  CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/302929"},{"cmplid":"24868","date_received":"1995-08-25","make":"LANCE","model":"980","model_year":1995,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"AT NIGHT,  PASSENGER SLID RIGHT FOOT OFF MATTRESS,FELL FORWARD, FOOT TWISTED/BROKE IN 3 PLACES AND LANDED IN ISLE DUE TO LACK OF GRAB BARS.   *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/24868"},{"cmplid":"14171","date_received":"1995-06-20","make":"LANCE","model":"SLIDE-IN CAMPER","model_year":1995,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","description":"THE CAMPER CAUGHT FIRE IN THE GENERATOR AND BURNT ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES UP TO THE BATTERY. PLEASE DESCRIBE.  TT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/14171"}]}