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Jayco Jay Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 9 model years of the Jayco Jay (1986–1997). The most-complained-about year is 1990.

4
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
1991
year with most recalls
1990
year with most complaints

Pick your Jayco Jay model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
1997 Jayco Jay10
1993 Jayco Jay20
1992 Jayco Jay20
1991 Jayco Jay30
1990 Jayco Jay11
1989 Jayco Jay10
1988 Jayco Jay10
1987 Jayco Jay10
1986 Jayco Jay10

What Jayco Jay owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 1990 model year has the most, with 1.

All Jayco Jay recalls (4)

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

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 02V276001 Reported 16,801 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Certain motor homes equipped with norcold refrigerator cooling units model numbers 442, 443, 452, ev452, 453, 462, ev462, 463, ev463, 482, ev482, 483, ev483, 874, and 875 manufactured between january 1987 and may 1995. These refrigerators can experience a break down in a rubber seal within the gas valve. As the rubber seal ages, a leak…

    Remedy: Norcold will notify its customers and provide a replacement gas valve free of charge. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a…

    Model years: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 99V287002 Reported 14,870 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Vehicle description: fold down trailers which use gas/electric absorption refrigerators supplied by norcold. The swivel nut which is an integral connection component of a pressure tap device has "stress corrosion cracking."

    Remedy: Dealers will remove the swivel nut/pressure tap component and replace with a remedy kit.

    Model years: 1997

  3. Wheels

    NHTSA 93V166000 Reported 66 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    The wheel tech wheel does not seat properly against the hub causing inability to fully tighten the wheel lug nuts.

    Remedy: Replace both wheels and tires with wheels and tires from a different distributor which will allow proper fit against the hub and complete tightening of the lug nuts.

    Model years: 1991, 1992, 1993

  4. Unknown or other

    NHTSA 93V143000 Reported 3,143 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    The switch which opens the slide-out room may have been installed incorrectly or damaged during shipping. Also, moisture can intrude into the control module. Any one of these conditions can cause the slide out room to open when the switch is off.

    Remedy: Inspect the slide-out switch and the control module. Damaged switches will be repaired, and the control module will be replaced or fitted with a protective cover, as necessary.

    Model years: 1991, 1992, 1993

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.