Jayco Jay Flight Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 11 safety recalls and 13 owner complaints across 13 model years of the Jayco Jay Flight (2002–2014). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

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What Jayco Jay Flight owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 13 complaints with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 3.

• Equipment: recreational vehicle/trailer3
• Structure3
• Unknown or other2
• Equipment1
• Service brakes, electric1
• Service brakes, hydraulic1
• Structure: underbody shields1
• Tires: tread/belt1

All Jayco Jay Flight recalls (11)

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

1. Equipment

   NHTSA 17V746000 Reported November 21, 2017 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: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2. Electrical system: wiring

   NHTSA 13V514000 Reported October 18, 2013 247 vehicles potentially affected Jayco, Inc.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2014 Jay Flight and Jay Flight Swift Travel Trailers manufactured July 8, 2013, through August 30, 2013. In the affected vehicles, an improper amount of insulation may be stripped from the 110V AC water heater ignition wires resulting in a poor connection of the wires.

   Remedy: Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the installation of the LP/Electric water heater and repair it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on December 12, 2013. Owners may contact Jayco at…

   Model years: 2014

3. Equipment

   NHTSA 13V168000 Reported April 30, 2013 2,491 vehicles potentially affected Jayco, Inc.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2013-14 Eagle Premiere, Jay Feather Ultra Lite, Jay Flight, Jay Flight Swift, Octane, and White Hawk; model year 2013 Eagle, Eagle HT, Jay Flight Bungalow, Jay Flight Destination, Pinnacle, Redhawk and Seismic; and model year 2014 Precept recreational vehicles. In these vehicles, if the awning…

   Remedy: Jayco will notify owners and dealers will inspect and replace the awning motor free of charge. The recall began on May 23, 2013. Owners may contact Jacyo at 1-800-283-8267 for more information.

   Model years: 2013, 2014

4. Electrical (equipment) and electrical system

   NHTSA 13V070000 Reported March 1, 2013 66 vehicles potentially affected Jayco, Inc.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2013 Jay Flight Bungalow, Jay Flight Destination, Jay Flight and Eagle travel trailers; and model year 2013 Eagle and Eagle Premier Fifth-Wheels. The vehicles were manufactured January 24, 2013, through February 27, 2013 and equipped with a power converter supplied by Progressive Dynamics, Inc. The…

   Remedy: Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will modify the affected power converters free of charge. The safety recall began on March 20, 2013. Owners may contact Jayco at 1-574-825-0608.

   Model years: 2013

5. Labels (equipment)

   NHTSA 12V183000 Reported April 27, 2012 66 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2012 jay flight bungalow travel trailers, manufactured from march 19, 2012, through march 27, 2012. The load range and the cold tire inflation pressure on these trailers are incorrectly identified. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.…

   Remedy: Jayco will notify owners, and dealers will remove and replace the labels with a correct label. The recall will begin in may 2012. Owners should contact jayco at 574-825-0608.

   Model years: 2012

6. Electrical (equipment)

   NHTSA 11V554000 Reported November 11, 2011 80 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2012 jay flight and eagle super lite ½ ton travel trailers manufactured from october 6, 2011, through october 17, 2011. The power converters may have been built with an undersized input coil, which may cause overheating, smoking, and melting of the converter.

   Remedy: Jayco will notify owners, and jayco dealers will repair the travel trailers as necessary free of charge. The safety recall began on february 17, 2012. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

   Model years: 2012

7. Integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer (equipment)

   NHTSA 11V251000 Reported April 21, 2011 196 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2011 eagle, super lite and jay flight g2 travel trailers manufactured from december 9, 2010, through february 11, 2011. These trailers may have cracked bolts attaching the leveling jacks to the trailer frame. If all of the bolts break, it could result in the jack coming loose from the frame.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the fasteners attaching the leveling jacks to the frame with more robust fasteners. This service will be performed free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin during may 2011. Owners may…

   Model years: 2011

8. Equipment

   NHTSA 10V500000 Reported October 21, 2010 836 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

   Jayco is recalling certain model year 2011 travel trailers and fifth wheels manufactured from august 16, 2010, through october 1, 2010, equipped with atwood 35 series range ovens. A potential exists for a small fracture within the line delivering gas to the oven cavity burner. Such a fracture may cause propane gas to leak from the line.

   Remedy: Jayco is working with atwood and will replace or repair the stoves free of charge. The safety recall began on november 8, 2010. Owners may contact atwood at 1-574-266-4749 or jayco at 1-574-825-0608.

   Model years: 2011

9. Structure

   NHTSA 07V118000 Reported March 20, 2007 561 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

   On certain travel and fifth wheel trailers equipped with hickory springs 'big easy triple steps,' an improper engagement of the bottom step pivot arm with the formed stop edge of the middle step support bracket can result in the bottom step rotating to an unsafe downward angle.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the trailers for the manufacturing date sticker to verify the date of production of the step and, if necessary, will weld stock to each side of the lower (triple) step stop edges. The recall began…

   Model years: 2007

10. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 06V123000 Reported April 19, 2006 85 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Certain travel trailers fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, 'tire selection and rims.' the federal identification label and the tire loading information placard has the incorrect tire inflation listed.

    Remedy: Owners will be provided with new tire information placards and installation instructions. At the customer's option, a dealer can perform the installation for them. The recall began on april 28, 2006. Owners may contact…

    Model years: 2006

11. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 03V383000 Reported October 9, 2003 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: 2002, 2003

Other Jayco models

• Jayco54 complaints
• Eagle45 complaints
• Precept45 complaints
• Designer38 complaints
• Seneca23 complaints
• Greyhawk22 complaints
• Alante17 complaints
• Jay Feather11 complaints

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.