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Jayco Eagle Body problems by year

8 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Jayco Eagle's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.

Body complaints by model year

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Body recalls

Structure

07V118000561 vehicles affected

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...

Structure

97V113000485 vehicles affected

Vehicle description: fifth wheel and travel trailers. Rivets used to secure the step risers on these vehicles are the wrong size. The rivets are too short in length and under stress can allow the step treads to become unattached from the mounting bracket.

Latest Eagle body complaints

2010 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structureEquipment & accessories

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 jayco eagle. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 13e039000 (equipment, latches/locks/linkages); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 03/30/15*lj updated 6/24/2015 *js

Filed Incident Latches / locks / linkages · EquipmentNHTSA 10676950
2007 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structure

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jayco eagle recreational trailer. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number 13v585000 (latches/locks/linkages), but stated that the repair was not performed in a reasonable amount of time. The dealer stated that the parts were unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Filed Incident Latches / locks / linkagesNHTSA 10597126
2013 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structureBrakes

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 eagle boat trailer. The contact stated that there were multiple brake failures. The brake fluid leaked from the trailer. The trailer was taken to a mechanic, who stated the compressor washers in the brake calibers were replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacture was alerted of the failure and already had replaced the boat trailer however, again replacement boat trailer forces the trailer to be out of level 5 inches...

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causing water to accumulate and add excessive weight to the trailer. The contact alerted the manufacture about the failure however had yet to provide a solution for the failure. The contact felt the reasonable amount of time for repair had surpassed being that the contact had already waited 7 months for a remedy the manufacture had failed to provide. The failure mileage was unavailable.

Filed Incident Structure · Service brakesNHTSA 10573772
2005 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structure

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 jayco fifth wheel trailer. The contact noticed a crack in the frame. The dealer had not been notified of the failure. The contact was awaiting a response from the manufacturer. No repairs were performed. The failure and current mileages were unknown.

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10447768
1998 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structure

Dt: the consumer owned a 1998 jayco 5th wheel eagle series. He purchased the vehicle second hand. The front panel separated. While driving 60 mph. The entire driver's side panel peeled back. There was a separation from the fiberglassand the wood. The consumer called jayco, and they told him it had a two year warranty. They had no information on why this occurred. Consumer stated he could see the panel bulging. Also, could feel moisture which was caused by the extreme arizona weather conditions. The...

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consumer stated that when the paneling came offone could see the wood framing and insulation. Bubbling and separation was noticeable on the left panel and in the rear. The panel slipped out of the seam. There were no screws. It was just glued to a metal frame. *Ak

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10131079
2000 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structureEquipment & accessories

The consumer had raised the roof about 3/4 of the way when the main cable snapped, caving in the roof, the drain hose on the sink fell off resulting in puddles of water building up under the cabinet, the eletrical outlet inside the storage space (table bench was falling off, the camper was very unstable, the consumers found that the camper was not installed with front stabilizing jacks and was later told that they were optional equipment, the consumer feels the jacks should be standard jayco eagle pop-up 10sg). Nlm

Filed Structure · EquipmentNHTSA 562708
1996 Jayco EagleBody, doors & structureFire

The rear part of the trailer caught fire without any warning. Cannot determine the cause. Please provide further information. *Ak *yc

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 844429

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