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2011 Jayco Pinnacle Electrical problems

Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2011 Jayco Pinnacle's electrical system with NHTSA - 100% of all its complaints, most recently on July 29, 2018. Dead batteries, warning lights, wiring, alternators, infotainment and electronic module failures.

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Electrical complaints

Electrical system

Kept smelling hot wires and burning plastic smell. Service tech was already in campground so we called them over to investigate and they discovered the iota model its-50r automatic transfer switch had burnt wires. Our unit is prepped for a generator but we do not have one installed so we question how/why this transfer switch should go bad since it's not used. Repeated emails to jayco are not offering much information. We saw where other transfer switches had been recalled and wondered if our switch was one of those...

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but we could not find recall notice. Are there issues with this model also? They keep asking if a power surge created the issue. The camper is hooked up to a 50a surge protector at our seasonal campsite so this shouldn't be an issue. And, it's not a single wire that is burnt but several which is a major malfunction. I'm uploading a pdf of the email conversation with jayco,

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 11114409
Electrical systemWheels & tires

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 (na) jayco pinnacle equipped with goodyear marathon st tires, size: st235/80r16. While the vehicle was being towed at 55 mph, the driver's side tire experienced a blow out. The rv was taken to an independent mechanic to have the tire replaced. The contact was concerned that the trailer was sold with three year old tires. The contact also stated that the batteries in the rv exploded without warning. The trailer was taken to the dealer to have the batteries replaced. The dealer replaced...

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the battery; however, the batteries exploded again after a few days. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The dot number was unknown. The approximate tire and vehicle failure mileage was 1,400.

Filed Incident Electrical system · TiresNHTSA 10898558

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