01 What KZ publishes for the New Vision Sportster
K. Z., Inc., of Shipshewana, Indiana, lists 7 New Vision Sportster toy haulers in its New Vision Sportster brochure (filed in KZ’s 2008 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year). KZ 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 7; on the 7 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 7. (How the data is verified.)
02 KZ New Vision Sportster models
KZ New Vision Sportster · 7 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Vision Sportster 38SB | 13,420 lb | 4,580 lb | 18,000 lb | 2,974 lb | 38'8" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 37K | 13,515 lb | 3,485 lb | 17,000 lb | 2,940 lb | 38'11" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 38P | 13,650 lb | 4,350 lb | 18,000 lb | 2,913 lb | 40'5" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 40P | 13,965 lb | 4,035 lb | 18,000 lb | 2,978 lb | 42'5" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 41K | 13,985 lb | 4,015 lb | 18,000 lb | 3,220 lb | 42'5" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 41RL | 13,985 lb | 4,015 lb | 18,000 lb | 3,130 lb | 42'5" | — | Profiled |
| New Vision Sportster 41KG | 14,265 lb | 3,735 lb | 18,000 lb | 3,195 lb | 43'5" | — | Profiled |
Read from KZ’s New Vision Sportster brochure (filed in KZ’s 2008 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year), 5 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading KZ’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.
05 Recalls
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign affecting this line. The earliest was reported 21 Nov 2017 and the most recent 21 Nov 2017.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2017 | 17V749000 | Equipment | In the event of a fire, if the fire extinguisher does not function properly, it can increase 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 the New Vision Sportster only; campaigns NHTSA files only under KZ’s separate New Vision and New Vision Ultra series 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.