I am the new proud owner of a 2005 Landmark that I purchased in Utah from a private sale. I did all the paperwork at the border and thought all was good---just one more step to register the 5th wheel with the Registrar of Imported Vehicles when I get home and I'm good to go. NOT TO BE !!
The 5th wheel had the wrong VIN on the decals that didn't match the title doc from the day it left the factory and this wasn't picked up until I tried to register it in Canada. After a lot of back and forth with Utah DMV and Texas DMV I found out that this is an issue that Heartland has to fix.
Only problem is Heartland doesn't want to fix it---they maintain they just have to send me new decals with the same VIN as the title document and all is well---NOT. What is required is a re-calculated VIN and re-registered with Nat. Hiway Traffic Safety ***'n and then it can be registered through the NHTSA data base.
It appears Heartland doesn't want to do this----I'm wondering if anyone on this forum has any pull with Heartland to convince them to do it the right way---otherwise I have a 5th wheel in my driveway that I can't use. I'm lucky I got it across the border as the agent never went out to verify the VIN's matched---otherwise this trailer would be sitting in a storage yard in Washington.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
The 5th wheel had the wrong VIN on the decals that didn't match the title doc from the day it left the factory and this wasn't picked up until I tried to register it in Canada. After a lot of back and forth with Utah DMV and Texas DMV I found out that this is an issue that Heartland has to fix.
Only problem is Heartland doesn't want to fix it---they maintain they just have to send me new decals with the same VIN as the title document and all is well---NOT. What is required is a re-calculated VIN and re-registered with Nat. Hiway Traffic Safety ***'n and then it can be registered through the NHTSA data base.
It appears Heartland doesn't want to do this----I'm wondering if anyone on this forum has any pull with Heartland to convince them to do it the right way---otherwise I have a 5th wheel in my driveway that I can't use. I'm lucky I got it across the border as the agent never went out to verify the VIN's matched---otherwise this trailer would be sitting in a storage yard in Washington.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks