Grand Design RV is recalling 53 of its 2027 Transcend travel trailers because the tire and loading label on each one lists the wrong tire size and the wrong cold inflation pressure. The company reported the defect to federal regulators on Oct. 9, and dealers will replace the labels at no cost. The filing describes a labeling noncompliance rather than a reported tire failure, but the label is the document owners rely on whenever they fill or replace tires.
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On a travel trailer, that label is usually the first thing an owner checks before airing up the tires for a trip or ordering replacements after a season on the road. If the printed size is wrong, a shop can mount a tire the axles were never rated to carry. If the printed pressure is too low, the tires can run underinflated for months with nothing visibly wrong, because a soft tire on a loaded trailer looks much like a correct one.
NHTSA campaign 26V668 and the FMVSS 110 finding
The federal record is NHTSA campaign 26V668000, filed by Grand Design RV, LLC, with the manufacturer’s own recall number listed as 910070. It covers 53 potentially affected 2027 Grand Design Transcend travel trailers, a count of vehicles that could carry the faulty label and not a tally of tire failures. NHTSA files the component under equipment labels, and the report was received on Oct. 9, 2026.
Grand Design told the agency that the trailers fail to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 110, titled Tire Selection and Rims. The consequence statement in the record is direct about the risk: following the wrong label data could lead an owner to install incorrectly sized replacement tires or to underinflate the tires, and either mistake raises the risk of a crash.
The standard itself, set out in 49 CFR 571.110, spells out what a trailer placard must carry. Trailers need a placard stating the tire size designation, the recommended cold inflation pressure for each tire including the spare, and a cargo capacity statement that begins “The weight of cargo should never exceed.” The placard has to be permanently affixed near the certification label, and the text must be in English and follow the format shown in the regulation.
Two numbers a trailer placard has to get right
Size and pressure fail in different ways. A wrong size can put a tire with too little load capacity on an axle; a wrong pressure leaves a correctly sized tire flexing more than designed.
The trailer’s separate certification label covers different ground. Under 49 CFR 567.4 it must show the gross vehicle weight rating, the gross axle weight rating for each axle, the manufacturer, the month and year of manufacture, the vehicle identification number and the vehicle type, and it sits on the forward half of the left side where it can be read from outside. Cold inflation pressure appears in that section only in optional listings, which leaves the tire placard as the required home for the pressure figure that owners actually use.
NHTSA’s own tire safety guidance tells drivers to use the vehicle manufacturer’s recommended pressure from that label or the owner’s manual and not the maximum printed on the tire sidewall, which is the tire’s own limit and a different number. The agency says to check every tire, including the spare, at least monthly and when the tires are cold, meaning the vehicle has not been driven for about three hours. It also warns that “underinflated tires are visually difficult to detect” and that low pressure can contribute to flat tires, blowouts and tread separation.
The label swap and how Transcend owners check coverage
Dealers will replace the tire information labels free of charge. Grand Design’s report to NHTSA says owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on Nov. 19, 2026, and owners who want to confirm coverage sooner can reach Grand Design customer service at 1-574-825-9679 and cite recall number 910070.
Owners can also run the trailer’s 17-character VIN through NHTSA’s recall lookup, though the agency cautions that the VIN search leaves out very recent recalls whose VINs have not yet been identified. A 2027 Transcend that returns no open recall in the first weeks after a filing is therefore not guaranteed to be clear. The same page allows a search by NHTSA campaign number, and 26V668 is the identifier to use.
Until the new label arrives, NHTSA’s tire guidance offers a practical fallback for owners already planning a trip. The agency says a tire found low after driving should still be filled to the cold recommended pressure, because that is safer than continuing on a significantly underinflated tire, and the pressure should then be rechecked once the tire has cooled. The guidance also notes that tire pressure monitoring systems warn only when a tire is significantly underinflated, so they cannot stand in for a gauge and a monthly check against the correct figure for the load being carried.
The record leaves several things open. Its summary does not print either the incorrect figures or the correct ones, so the size and pressure now on the label cannot be compared with the right values until the replacement arrives. It also does not say how many of the 53 trailers have already been sold or how the error was discovered. Until a replacement label is on the trailer, the safest reference is the tire manufacturer’s guidance, checked against the load the trailer actually carries.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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