Jayco Seat Belts: Buckle Assembly

Jayco is recalling about 727 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. Serious injury or death could occur if the vehicle occupant is not properly restrained.

Campaign
01V128001
Manufacturer
JAYCO, INC.
Reported
10 April 2001
Vehicles
727
Built between
Jan 2000 – Sep 2000
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA investigation
Owners notified
23 October 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2000 and September 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2000-2001 Jayco DesignerBuilt January 2000 to September 2000
  • 2000-2001 Jayco EagleBuilt January 2000 to September 2000

What the defect is

Vehicle description: certain motor homes equipped with safety belt assemblies produced by am-safe. On some seat belts, the buckle and connector may unlatch during a collision.

What could happen

Serious injury or death could occur if the vehicle occupant is not properly restrained.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 23, 2000.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2000 to September 2000
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA10 April 2001
  3. Owners notified23 October 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 10 April 2001.

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.

Manufacturer contact

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 or am-safe at 1-219-266-8330.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
9901035
Recalling manufacturer
JAYCO, INC.
Recall initiated by
ODI

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

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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