01 What Venture RV publishes for the Sonic Lite
Venture RV, a division of K. Z., Inc., of Shipshewana, Indiana, lists 6 Sonic Lite ultra-lite travel trailers in its 2025 Sonic Lite brochure. Venture RV prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for 0 of them. Venture RV prints no cargo carrying capacity for any Sonic Lite floorplan, and this site does not compute one. (How the data is verified.)
02 Venture RV Sonic Lite models
Venture RV Sonic Lite · 6 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Lite SL150VRK | 3,160 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 19' 2" | 2 | Profiled |
| Sonic Lite SL150VRB | 3,290 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 19' 11" | 2 | Profiled |
| Sonic Lite SL160VFB | 3,380 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 21' 2" | — | Profiled |
| Sonic Lite SL169VMK | 3,680 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 21' 2" | 4 | Profiled |
| Sonic Lite SL169VUD | 3,770 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 21' 11" | 6 | Profiled |
| Sonic Lite SL169VRK | 3,800 lb | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | Not published by Venture RV | 22' 2" | 4 | Profiled |
Read from Venture RV’s 2025 Sonic Lite brochure, 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading Venture RV’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 2 recall campaigns affecting this line. The earliest was reported 21 Nov 2017 and the most recent 4 Mar 2019.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2019 | 19V165000 | Equipment | If the flame becomes inverted, excessive heat buildup may occur, increasing the risk of a burn injury. |
| 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 Sonic Lite name only; plain Sonic campaigns count on the Sonic page.
06 Owner-reported problems
Owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA about this line for model years 2005 on. It was filed 26 Feb 2020. The breakdown below is what those owners actually reported, grouped by the component NHTSA assigned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2020 | Unknown or other | — | This incident occurred on a Sonic Lite vms 167 travel trailer. While filling the fresh water holding tank (vehicle was stationary at park dump station) while leaving a campground preparing to travel to the next campground, one end of the tank fell from the undercarriage of the trailer to the… |
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.