Jayco Travel Trailer Trailer Hitches: Fifth Wheel Assembly

Jayco Travel Trailer is recalling about 610 vehicles over a problem with the trailer hitches. If the bearings become loose, the spindle may fail, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
18V286000
Manufacturer
Jayco, Inc.
Reported
3 May 2018
Vehicles
610
Built between
Jan 2018 – Apr 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
28 June 2018
Repaired
65%
Unrepaired
216

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2018 and April 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018 Jayco Travel Trailer EagleBuilt January 2018 to April 2018

Repair progress

216 of 610 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

65% repaired — 394 of 610 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 2018 Jayco Eagle HT fifth wheel trailers equipped with certain 16K rotational rubber pin boxes. The spindle placement in the pin box may be incorrect, causing the bearing to be loose.

What could happen

If the bearings become loose, the spindle may fail, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will add a spacer to correct the spacing error, free of charge. The recall began on June 28, 2018.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2018 to April 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA3 May 2018
  3. Owners notified28 June 2018
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 65% 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 May 2018.

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 1-800-517-9137. Jayco's number for this recall is 9901377.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
9901377
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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