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Jayco Escapade Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 11 safety recalls and 2 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Jayco Escapade (2003–2006). The most-complained-about year is 2005.

11
safety recalls, all years
2
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls
2005
year with most complaints

Pick your Jayco Escapade model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Jayco Escapade50
2005 Jayco Escapade82
2004 Jayco Escapade50
2003 Jayco Escapade50

What Jayco Escapade owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA. The 2005 model year has the most, with 2.

All Jayco Escapade recalls (11)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Jayco Escapade, 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, 2004, 2005, 2006

  2. Seat belts

    NHTSA 06V210000 Reported 49 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes built on chevrolet chassis, the safety belt buckles may not latch or unlatch.

    Remedy: General motors is conducting this recall (please see 05v558000) and will inspect the buckles and, if found to be inoperative, the entire buckle assembly would be replaced. For buckles found to be operative, dealers…

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  3. Electrical system: wiring

    NHTSA 06V095000 Reported 1,107 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Certain motor homes built on ford chassis may experience stalling without warning while driving and may or may not restart.

    Remedy: Ford motor company is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will upgrade the fuel injection control module (ficm) wire harness or replaced, and/or have a new injection control pressure…

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005

  4. Service brakes, hydraulic

    NHTSA 06V088000 Reported 199 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes built on chevrolet chassis and equipped with bosch hydro-boost brake assemblies, the hydraulic brake booster pressure accumulator may crack and separate from the hydro-boost assembly during normal operating conditions.

    Remedy: Chevrolet is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Chevrolet will test the hydro-boost assembly for functional operation of the two-function valve. If the hydro-boost assembly fails the test,…

    Model years: 2005

  5. Engine and engine cooling

    NHTSA 06V082000 Reported 1,107 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes built on ford e-series chassis, the air filter element material process resulted in an air filter paper element that can smolder or burn. This change in filter paper composition, combined with the configuration of the air induction system, may allow hot carbon particles to contact the air filter element during…

    Remedy: Ford motor company is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this campaign. Dealers will inspect and replace the air filter element. Owners should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673 or jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005

  6. Electrical system: wiring

    NHTSA 06V016000 Reported 47 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes, the wire harness may have been routed too close to the exhaust tail pipe which may result in the cable melting and creating an electrical short.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect, reroute and replace the wire harness free of charge. The recall began on february 7, 2006. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2006

  7. Driveshaft (power train)

    NHTSA 06V009000 Reported 62 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Certain motor homes may have u-joint retaining clips missing or not installed properly. If the retaining clips are not installed properly, the u-joint may become dislodged from the yoke and the drive shaft will become disconnected from the drive train.

    Remedy: Dealers have completed the repairs to 100 percent of the units at the factory and at dealerships. No further action is necessary on this recall.

    Model years: 2006

  8. Trailer hitches

    NHTSA 05V556000 Reported 1,878 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes, the hitch receiver may have missing reinforcing plates. When a load is applied to the hitch, it may become partially detached from the frame if these plates are missing.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the reinforcing plates with new hardware. The recall began on january 10, 2006. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2004, 2005

  9. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 05V476000 Reported 237 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Certain motor homes built on chevrolet c3500 (express) cutaway chassis have a towing pigtail that will not show brake lights on the towed vehicle if hooked to the towing pigtail.

    Remedy: Dealers will rewire the towing pigtail wires to include the brake light circuit free of charge. The recall began on october 31, 2005. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

  10. Cables (electrical system)

    NHTSA 05V008000 Reported 688 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes the battery cable may have been routed too close to the exhaust manifold.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect and reroute and/or replace the battery cable free of charge. The recall began on february 28, 2005. Owners may contact jayco at 574-825-5861.

    Model years: 2005

  11. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V383000 Reported 6,442 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes equipped with samsung microwave ovens, these units were produced with a defective panel. An electrical short can occur between circuit patterns on the membrane panel, especially overlapped by a "jumper" or jump wire. This may cause the oven to activate without pressing any key pads.

    Remedy: Samsung will notify customers and repair the panel free of charge. In the meantime, consumers should unplug their microwave, if possible. If the consumer is unable to unplug the microwave, they should leave the door…

    Model years: 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.