01 What Bontrager publishes for the Compact
Bontrager Outdoors lists 4 Compact teardrop trailers in its Compact model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated). Bontrager prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for every one too. It prints a net carrying capacity for 4; on the 4 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 4. (How the data is verified.)
02 Bontrager Compact models
Bontrager Compact · 4 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compact 7ROD | 500 lb | 663 lb | 1,163 lb | 63 lb | 10' 7" | 2 | Profiled |
| Compact 10HD | 1,500 lb | 840 lb | 2,340 lb | 140 lb | 13' 2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Compact 10ROK | 1,700 lb | 1,440 lb | 3,140 lb | 140 lb | 13' 2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Compact 12ROK | 1,940 lb | 1,240 lb | 3,180 lb | 180 lb | 15' 9" | 2 | Profiled |
Read from Bontrager’s Compact model pages on bontrageroutdoors.com (no model year stated), 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading Bontrager’s figures
A maker’s published weight is for a base trailer; options and dealer-installed equipment add weight to any particular unit. The federal weight label inside the trailer carries its own unloaded weight, cargo carrying capacity and GVWR (49 CFR 567 and 571.120): read it on the unit itself before any towing decision.
04 Documents
05 Recalls
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign affecting this line. The earliest was reported 8 Jul 2025 and the most recent 8 Jul 2025.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | 25V412000 | Equipment | Occupants will not be alerted to elevated levels of carbon monoxide, increasing the risk of injury. |
Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.
This count covers campaigns NHTSA files by Bontrager Outdoors under this page’s plan codes. Campaigns filed under the older Braxton Creek names (Bushwacker, BX, LX, Free Solo) are not counted here.
06 Owner-reported problems
A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.