01 What KZ publishes for the Spree Escape
K. Z., Inc., of Shipshewana, Indiana, lists 12 Spree Escape travel trailers in its Spree Escape brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 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 12; on the 12 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 12. (How the data is verified.)
02 KZ Spree Escape models
KZ Spree Escape · 12 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spree Escape E14RB | 2,202 lb | 598 lb | 2,800 lb | 287 lb | 16' | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E14RBT | 2,220 lb | 580 lb | 2,800 lb | 380 lb | 16' | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E17FKTH | 2,380 lb | 1,120 lb | 3,500 lb | 390 lb | 17' 4" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E16RBT | 2,398 lb | 402 lb | 2,800 lb | 293 lb | 17' 4" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E18RBT | 2,690 lb | 810 lb | 3,500 lb | 350 lb | 19' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E170S | 2,735 lb | 765 lb | 3,500 lb | 385 lb | 19' 9 ½" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E190 | 2,860 lb | 640 lb | 3,500 lb | 420 lb | 22' 1" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E196S | 2,915 lb | 585 lb | 3,500 lb | 340 lb | 22' 1 ½" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E200S | 2,960 lb | 540 lb | 3,500 lb | 250 lb | 22' ½" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E20RBT | 3,220 lb | 1,280 lb | 4,500 lb | 420 lb | 21' | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E200RBS | 3,530 lb | 970 lb | 4,500 lb | 370 lb | 23' 10" | — | Profiled |
| Spree Escape E250S | 3,760 lb | 740 lb | 4,500 lb | 540 lb | 27' 3" | — | Profiled |
Read from KZ’s Spree Escape brochure (filed in KZ’s 2016 brochure folder; the brochure prints no year), 6 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 3 recall campaigns affecting this line. The earliest was reported 20 Jun 2017 and the most recent 29 Jul 2022.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2022 | 22V552000 | Structure | An awning that drops or extends beyond normal operation can increase the risk of injury. |
| 17 Apr 2018 | 18V242000 | Equipment | If the awning deploys while moving, there would be an increased risk of a crash. |
| 20 Jun 2017 | 17V387000 | Equipment | In the event of a vehicle safety recall, the missing production date may prevent owners from determining if the recall affects them, increasing their 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 Spree Escape name only; plain Spree and plain Escape campaigns count on their own pages.
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.