Jayco Equipment: Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

Jayco is recalling about 38 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Gasoline leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

Campaign
00V061000
Manufacturer
JAYCO, INC.
Reported
1 March 2000
Vehicles
38
Built between
Mar 1998 – Dec 1999
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
14 April 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 1998 and December 1999. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1998-2000 Jayco Camper IIIBuilt March 1998 to December 1999

What the defect is

Vehicle description: class b camper vans. When the refrigerator cabinet was secured during manufacture, the bolts may have extended into and punctured the gasoline fuel tank, resulting in leakage of gasoline.

What could happen

Gasoline leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL SEAL THE PERFORATED GAS TANK AND RE-SECURE THE REFRIGERATOR CABINET AWAY FROM THE GAS TANK AND INTO THE FRAME.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 1998 to December 1999
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 March 2000
  3. Owners notified14 April 2000

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 March 2000.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
FC RCC111
Recalling manufacturer
JAYCO, INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owner notification began april 14, 2000. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact jayco at 1-219-825-5861. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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