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Starcraft Ambient Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Starcraft Ambient (2003–2005).

5
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls

Pick your Starcraft Ambient model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2005 Starcraft Ambient30
2004 Starcraft Ambient20
2003 Starcraft Ambient20

All Starcraft Ambient recalls (5)

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

  1. Recreational vehicle/trailer (equipment)

    NHTSA 08V381000 Reported 16,644 vehicles potentially affected STARCRAFT RV, INC.

    Starcraft is recalling 16,644 my 2004-2007 antigua, aruba, aruba fw, homestead, homestead fw, homestead settler, travel star, my 2005 aruba tahiti, aruba tahiti fw, ambient, homestead rancher, homestead rancher fw, my 2006 antigua xlt, travelstar xlt, my 2006-2007 starcraft, and my 2007 starstream and nxp motor homes, fifth wheel and…

    Remedy: Starcraft is working with dometic to repair these refrigerators (please see 08e032). Dometic will repair these refrigerators by installing a secondary burn housing, a thermal fuse, and a melt fuse free of charge.…

    Model years: 2005

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Electrical system: wiring

    NHTSA 05V354000 Reported 285 vehicles potentially affected JAYCO, INC.

    On certain motor homes, the cable ties, which attach the main wiring harness to the frame rails, may break and cause the wire harness to drop into the exhaust system.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the motor homes and attach new heavy duty cable ties. The recall began on august 22, 2005. Owners may contact jayco at 1-574-825-5861.

    Model years: 2004, 2005

Other Starcraft 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.