2016 Jayco Travel Trailer Jay Series Sport 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 2016 Jayco Travel Trailer Jay Series Sport, 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 & wheels1100.0%
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
ON MAY 4, 2018, I BOUGHT 3 EACH CARLISLE RADIAL TRAIL RH TRAILER TIRES IN SIZE ST235/85R16 LOAD RANGE F FOR MY JAYCO EAGLE 323LKTS RV. I BOUGHT A FOURTH JUST BEFORE THAT DATE. IN OCTOBER 2019, ONE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY ON LEVEL, PAVED ROAD AT 65MPH WITH APPROXIMATELY 5000 MILES ON IT. THE ENTIRE TREAD, BELTS AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE SEPARATED, LEAVING ONLY THE SIDEWALLS BEHIND. I HAD VISUALLY INSPECTED ALL TIRES FOR PROPER INFLATION AND DEFECTS JUST 3 MILES BEFORE THE FAILURE. ON JUN 8, 2020, A SECOND TIRE FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. THIS TIME, MOST OF THE TIRE IS INTACT. THE INTERNAL BELTS (STEEL, NYLON AND POLYESTER) FAILED ON LEVEL, PAVED HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WITH APPROXIMATELY 7000 MILES ON IT. PART OF THE TREAD HAS SEPARATED. THERE IS NO SIGN OF A PUNCTURE OR SIDEWALL DAMAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED DEFLATION PRIOR TO THE STEEL BELT FAILING. THIS FAILURE DAMAGED MY RV. I DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID TIRE FAILURE. I USE LOAD RANGE F TIRES WHICH ARE RATED FOR 3960 POUNDS AT 95 PSI, STRONGER THAN LOAD RANGE E REQUIRED BY MY RV. BEFORE EVERY TRIP, I SET THE PRESSURE AT 95 PSI, I CHECK THE LUG NUTS FOR PROPER TORQUE, AND I INSPECT THE TIRES FOR NICKS, CUTS OR OTHER DAMAGE. I INSPECT MY TIRES AT EVERY STOP. I USE WHEEL COVERS. MY RV PUTS 2505 POUNDS LOAD ON EACH TIRE (12,100 LB LOADED WEIGHT - 2080 HITCH WEIGHT = 10,020LB / 4 TIRES = 2505LB), ONLY 63% OF THE TIRE?S RATED CAPACITY. BOTH TIRES WERE MOUNTED BY A TIRE SHOP AND WERE BALANCED. THE RV HAS NO VISIBLE AXLE DEFECT. NEITHER OF THE TIRES EXHIBITED UNUSUAL WEAR BEFORE FAILURE. ONE FAILED DUE TO STEEL BELT FAILURE, AND THE SECOND LIKELY FAILED DUE TO THE SAME CAUSE. IT IS CLEAR TO ME (I?M AN ENGINEER) THAT THE BELTS ARE OVERSTRESSED AND/OR ARE SEPARATING INTERNALLY FROM SURROUNDING RUBBER DURING TURNS WHEN THE TIRES ARE LOADED LATERALLY, THEN THE BELTS ARE FAILING AT HIGH SPEED. IT IS MY BELIEF THIS MODEL/DESIGN IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AS A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC. *TR
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
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