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Jayco Avatar Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Jayco Avatar (2002–2005).

4
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls

Pick your Jayco Avatar model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Jayco Avatar10
2003 Jayco Avatar30
2002 Jayco Avatar10

All Jayco Avatar recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Jayco Avatar, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Equipment

    NHTSA 17V746000 Reported 49,563 vehicles potentially affected Jayco, Inc.

    Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling various 2002-2016 recreational vehicles equipped with Kidde Plastic-Handle or Push Button 'Pindicator' Fire Extinguishers. A list of the affected trailer models is available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17V746-9524.pdf. These extinguishers may become clogged, preventing the…

    Remedy: Jayco will notify owners, instructing them to contact Kidde for a replacement fire extinguisher, free of charge. The recall began on January 15, 2018. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-283-8267, or…

    Model years: 2003

  2. Exhaust system (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 06V089000 Reported 3 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes equipped with caterpillar diesel engines, the straps that support the converter mufflers to the chassis, these welds are causing the straps to fail.

    Remedy: Caterpillar is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Caterpillar will have the converter muffler straps replaced free of charge. Owners may contact caterpillar at 309-675-6496 or jayco at…

    Model years: 2003

  3. Supply (service brakes)

    NHTSA 06V083000 Reported 21 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes equipped with ngi air pressure gauges located on the dash panel, the gauge is giving a false reading.

    Remedy: Spartan is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will install a harness jumper cable to each air sender. Owners may contact spartan at 1-517-543-6400 or jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2005

  4. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V256000 Reported 233 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes, there is no option to sanitize the fresh water tanks and to prevent back-flow from the water pump.

    Remedy: Dealers will add a hose assembly with a valve to route the sanitation solution to the fresh tank. Also a back flow preventor will be added to the fresh water intake to prevent the water from the fresh tank from…

    Model years: 2002, 2003

Other Jayco models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.