Jayco Travel Trailer Electrical System: 12V/24V/48V Battery

Jayco Travel Trailer is recalling about 9,930 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. In the event of an electrical short, the unprotected circuit increases the risk of a fire.

Campaign
17V696000
Manufacturer
Jayco, Inc.
Reported
3 November 2017
Vehicles
9,930
Built between
Jul 2015 – Aug 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 December 2017
Repaired
56%
Unrepaired
4,399

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2015 and August 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016-2018 Jayco Travel Trailer JAY Flight SLXBuilt July 2015 to August 2017

Repair progress

4,399 of 9,930 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2020.

56% repaired — 5,531 of 9,930 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 2016-2018 Jay Flight SLX recreational trailers equipped with a 35 amp power converter. The electrical circuit from the battery does not have overcurrent protection such as a fuse or circuit breaker.

What could happen

In the event of an electrical short, the unprotected circuit increases the risk of a fire.

What gets fixed

Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will install a fuse harness assembly with a circuit breaker for overcurrent protection, free of charge. The recall began on December 20, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2015 to August 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA3 November 2017
  3. Owners notified20 December 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2020 — 56% 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 3 November 2017.

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 9901362.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
9901362
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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