Heartland Bighorn

Owners filed 47 complaints across 20 model years of the Heartland Bighorn. The 2013 drew the most (8).

Model years20
Complaints47
Recalls30
Fires4
Deaths0

Which Heartland Bighorn years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Heartland Bighorn model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Heartland Bighorn model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2027Too new0
1———Routine
2026Too new0
1———Routine
20240
2———Routine
20232
3——Electrical SystemRoutine
20220
2———Routine
20211
01—Electrical SystemRoutine
20181
0——WheelsRoutine
20170
1———Routine
20162
2——SuspensionRoutine
20157
31—SuspensionRoutine
20145
3——WheelsRoutine
20138
2——TiresRoutine
20120
1———Routine
20111
31—Power Train › Axle AssemblyRoutine
20103
1——TiresRoutine
20093
0——TiresRoutine
20081
11—Electrical SystemRoutine
20078
2——TiresRoutine
20063
1——WheelsRoutine
20052
1——TiresRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.