2011 Jayco Fifth Wheel Eagle Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2011 Jayco Fifth Wheel Eagle, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Tires & wheels2100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
BLOW OUT OF TIRE RIGHT SIDE REAR, DAMAGE TO 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. $1500. DAMAGE 200 MILES FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD A S2ND TIRE BLEW OUT RIGHT SIDE FRONT TIRE. MADE HOLE THROUGH 5TH FLOOR CAUSING $3000. DAMAGE
ON JUNE 26, 2012 A GOODYEAR MARATHON TIRE, ST235/85R16, BLEW OUT ON MY 2011 EAGLE 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. FORTUNATELY THE TRAILER WAS SITTING STILL WHEN IT BLEW BECAUSE I WAS AT THE REGISTRATION DESK OF A CAMPGROUND IN WILLIAMS, AZ. I HAD JUST DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES FROM ANOTHER CAMPGROUND IN NEW MEXICO. ON JUNE 28, 2012 I TOOK THE TIRE TO GREAT WEST COMMERCIAL TIRE IN KINGMAN, ARIZONA. WHEN I BACKED THE TRAILER IN THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT ANOTHER TIRE ON THE OTHER AXLE, OPPOSITE SIDE WAS SEPARATING. I ENDED UP PURCHASING TWO TIRES FOR A TOTAL OF $382.98 PLUS $41.98 FOR LABOR AND VALVE STEMS. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ADJUSTER FOR GOODYEAR COMES AROUND QUARTERLY AND HAD JUST BEEN THERE. I SAID OK AS LONG AS YOU HOLD ON TO THE TIRES UNTIL I AM SATISFIED WITH THE CLAIM. WHEN I LEFT THEIR BUSINESS I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE CAT SCALE AT THE FLYING J PILOT TRUCK STOP ACROSS FROM THEIR LOCATION. I SENT GREAT WESTERN A COPY OF THE WEIGH TICKET WHEN I GOT HOME. THE TRAILER AXLES WEIGHED 10,040 POUNDS, WELL UNDER THE CAPACITY FOR THE TIRES, WHICH WERE PROPERLY INFLATED TO 80 PSI AND WERE CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE TRIP. ACCORDING TO GREAT WESTERN THE TIRES HAD 6/32" TREAD LEFT OUT OF 10/32" WHEN THEY TALKED TO THE PERSON I COMPLAINED TO AT GOODYEAR. THE CLAIM FORM SAYS 8/32" AND 7/32". I MEASURED THE TWO TIRES THAT WERE NOT AFFECTED AND BOTH HAD 8/32" TREAD LEFT. THE TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON THE TRAILER AND BY MY ESTIMATION HAD ONLY ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON THEM. I WAS RECENTLY INFORMED BY THE PERSON I SPOKE TO AT GOODYEAR THAT THE TIRES WERE DISPOSED OF DESPITE THE FACT THEY KNEW I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR $69.92 SETTLEMENT. PICTURES AND CORRESPONDENCE ARE AVAILABLE. *TR UPDATED 3/13/13 *CN UPDATED 04/26/2013*JS
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .