01 What Highland Ridge publishes for the Open Range Light
Highland Ridge RV, a subsidiary of Jayco, Inc. lists 4 Open Range Light travel trailers in its 2025 Open Range Light brochure. Highland Ridge 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 Highland Ridge Open Range Light models
Highland Ridge Open Range Light · 4 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open Range Light 290RLS | 7,320 lb | 1,580 lb | 8,900 lb | 960 lb | 33' 5" | — | Profiled |
| Open Range Light 275RLS | 7,350 lb | 1,645 lb | 8,995 lb | 985 lb | 33' 11" | — | Profiled |
| Open Range Light 263KBS | 7,360 lb | 1,540 lb | 8,900 lb | 990 lb | 32' 4" | — | Profiled |
| Open Range Light 321BHS | 8,655 lb | 1,340 lb | 9,995 lb | 1,075 lb | 37' 10" | — | Profiled |
Read from Highland Ridge’s 2025 Open Range Light brochure, 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading Highland Ridge’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 6 recall campaigns affecting this line. The earliest was reported 26 Feb 2016 and the most recent 14 Oct 2022.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2022 | 22V775000 | Equipment | An inverted cooktop flame increases the risk of injury or fire. |
| 4 Aug 2022 | 22V573000 | Structure | An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury. |
| 5 May 2022 | 22V303000 | Equipment | A gas leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire. |
| 2 Sep 2021 | 21V686000 | Equipment | Increased propane pressure can enlarge the flames in gas appliances, increasing the risk of a fire. |
| 12 Sep 2018 | 18V616000 | Suspension | The missing bearing race may cause premature hub bearing failure, possibly resulting in a separation of the hub from the axle, thereby increasing the risk of a… |
| 26 Feb 2016 | 16V115000 | Equipment | If the owners load the trailers based on the incorrect labels, the trailers may be overloaded, resulting in tire failure, and increasing the risk of a crash. |
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.
NHTSA spells this line both “Open Range Light” and “Open Range Lite” (22V303000 uses both for the same units); both are counted. Campaigns filed under the Open Range and Open Range Ultra Lite names count on their own pages.
06 Owner-reported problems
Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA about this line for model years 2005 on. It was filed 18 Sep 2024. The breakdown below is what those owners actually reported, grouped by the component NHTSA assigned.
Safety outcomes in this set: 1 report describing a fire. These are the owner’s own account of what happened and have not been verified by NHTSA.
What gets reported
| Component group | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown or other | 1 | 100% |
Most recent reports
The 1 owner reports filed on this line, newest first. Wording is NHTSA’s summary of what the owner described.
| Filed | Component | Miles | What the owner reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep 2024 | Unknown or other | — | I purchased the brand new travel trailer and had left the dealership. I was one hour ten minutes into my trip and the trailer was on fire. Burned up bad. |
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.