Jayco Fifth Wheel Electrical System: Fuses and Circuit Breakers

Jayco Fifth Wheel is recalling about 137 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. The incorrect fuse may not properly protect the circuit, allowing an electrical short to occur and increasing the risk of a fire.

Campaign
16V713000
Manufacturer
Jayco, Inc.
Reported
6 October 2016
Vehicles
137
Built between
Nov 2015 – Aug 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
3 November 2016
Repaired
50%
Unrepaired
68

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between November 2015 and August 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016-2017 Jayco Fifth Wheel SeismicBuilt November 2015 to August 2016

Repair progress

68 of 137 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2019.

50% repaired — 69 of 137 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain model year 2017 Seismic travel trailers manufactured November 19, 2015, to August 19, 2016. The affected vehicles may be equipped with an underrated resettable fuse for the awning with LED lights.

What could happen

The incorrect fuse may not properly protect the circuit, allowing an electrical short to occur and increasing the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuse with the correct 1.85 amp hold/3.70 amp trip fuse, free of charge. The recall began on November 3, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtNovember 2015 to August 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 October 2016
  3. Owners notified3 November 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2019 — 50% repaired

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 6 October 2016.

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 may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267. Jayco's number for this recall is 9901321.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
9901321
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

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

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.

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