Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2021-2023 Entegra Anthem, Aspire, Cornerstone, Reatta, Reatta XL, and Jayco Embark motorhomes. The engine air intake box may not have a water drain installed, which can cause water to build up inside the air intake...
Engine & cooling
Entegra Aspire Engine problems by year
8 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Entegra Aspire's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Latest Aspire engine complaints
The DEF system gave us a false reading and derated the engine to 5 miles per hour. We were able to make it to a repair shop and left it there.
Motorhome engine went into derate mode because of faulty DEF sensor. Spartan is the chassis manufacturer and advises this is a common problem with the DEF sensors. We have since learned there is a protocol to follow to keep engine from going to 5 MPH derate mode but did not know about this at time and Spartan apparently did not know it either because they advised just getting off the road ASAP. Luckily we avoided shut down on I-95 but if it occurred on a busy interstate the safety ramifications are enormous. It...
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seems to me a safety recall should be issued on all vehicles with this defective part and the design changed so that if a failure occurs, reasonable advance notice should be incorporated in the design as I understand some trucks have.
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) head failure. Diagnostics codes SPN 3364 / 1761 / 3031 The offending unit is not available from me, the mobile mechanic took it with him. My Motorcoach derated. I was able to get to a safe parking spot, where I waited one week to be repaired, (1000 miles from home) Could not move from that spot, as top speed was limited to 5 MPH. I was warned during travel by dashboard warning lights to check engine. It was good I was aware of potential DEF head issues, so I immediately...
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checked the diagnostic codes, then immediately found a safe place to stop. I contacted Spartan, Entegra, and Coachnet, whom between them, acknowledged the problem and sent a replacement head. Once the head was replaced, fault codes were cleared and I was able to continue. So, other than the monitoring head itself being faulty, all the inputs the head monitored were fine.
DEF head failure
DEF heads failed aftwr only 10k mikes. Was told by Cummins dealer that the Spaetan DEF heads were failing at an alarming rate. I called Spartan and was told by customer service (Hunter) that the DEF heads fail all the time.
Computer showed codes for defective def head. We had a gen5. Engine will de-rate due to those codes. The codes appeared as soon as I started the engine from a parked position.
My radiator started leaking with only 26,000 miles and no external damage. The leak was un-repairable and required that the radiator be replaced. There are many spartan chassis having the same problem, so spartan is obviously using inferior parts or an inferior manufacturing process.
Radiator failed after 3 years and 8 months and 49600 miles on the vehicle. In communications with other owners we have identified a large percentage of vehicles in this year that have experienced similar radiator failures around the same "time in operation".
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data