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Jayco Legacy Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 8 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 5 model years of the Jayco Legacy (2001–2009). The most-complained-about year is 2001.

8
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
2003
year with most recalls
2001
year with most complaints

Pick your Jayco Legacy model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2009 Jayco Legacy20
2004 Jayco Legacy50
2003 Jayco Legacy50
2002 Jayco Legacy40
2001 Jayco Legacy11

What Jayco Legacy owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2001 model year has the most, with 1.

All Jayco Legacy recalls (8)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Jayco Legacy, 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: 2002, 2003, 2004

  2. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 10V649000 Reported 387 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Jayco is recalling certain fifth wheel trailers equipped with 1200-series norcold refrigerators. The population of refrigerators being addressed contains either a sensing algorithm or thermal switch to shut off power to the refrigerator when high temperatures are detected in order to prevent a potential fire. The response times of the…

    Remedy: Jayco is working with norcold to identify and notify any affected owners. Owners will be instructed to contact norcold dealers to receive the remedy free of charge. Please see norcold's defect report 10e-049 for…

    Model years: 2003, 2004

  3. Equipment

    NHTSA 10V424000 Reported 207 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Jayco is recalling certain model year 2004 legacy and model year 2005 designer fifth wheel trailers equipped with dimplex electraflame, symphony, or optiflame branded electric fireplaces, stoves, and fireplace inserts. The plug in remote control receiver for the fireplace can overheat.

    Remedy: Jayco is working with dimplex and dimplex will provide owners a free replacement plug-in remote control kit. The safety recall began on january 28, 2011. Owners may contact dimplex north america customer service at…

    Model years: 2004

  4. Equipment

    NHTSA 09V288000 Reported 273 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Jayco is recalling 273 model year 2002-2004 legacy fifth wheel motorhomes equipped with norcold model 1200lrim refrigerators, manufactured from march 1, 2001 to december 31, 2002, with serial numbers between 1273701 and 1536607, non-consecutively. A fatigue failure in the section of the cooling unit which contains the refrigerant could…

    Remedy: Jayco will notify owners and the vehicle's refrigerator will be repaired free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin during august 2009. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267 or norcold's recall center…

    Model years: 2002, 2003, 2004

  5. Electrical system: wiring

    NHTSA 09V103000 Reported 46 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Jayco is recalling 46 my 2009 legacy series 37rlsa and 36rlms fifth wheel trailers. There may be a missing ground wire between the trailer frame and the 12-volt bus bar.

    Remedy: Dealers will install the appropriate ground wire free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during april 2009. Owners may contact jayco at 1-800-283-8267.

    Model years: 2009

  6. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V462000 Reported 28 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    Jayco is recalling 28 my 2009 legacy fifth wheel travel trailers for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars." there is a typographical error incorrectly stating the tire load range and the inflation pressure on the…

    Remedy: All vehicles affected by this campaign were corrected before sale to consumers. No further action is required on this campaign.

    Model years: 2009

  7. Wheels

    NHTSA 04V364000 Reported 742 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain travel trailers, due to various factors, including excessive paint coating on the brake hub, the aluminum wheels could exhibit lessened clamping pressure between the aluminum wheel and the axle hub assembly.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect all wheels, lugs, studs and mating surfaces, and remove paint from the mating surfaces of the wheel and hub. The recall began on october 18, 2004. Owners should contact jayco at 1-219-825-5861.

    Model years: 2001, 2002, 2003

  8. 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: 2002, 2003, 2004

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.