2013 Jayco Eagle Premier 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 2013 Jayco Eagle Premier, 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
POWER KING TOW MAX 235 80 16 TIRES LESS THAN 3000 MILES CAME NEW ON 2013 JAYCO EAGLE PREMIER 351 RLTS. FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT 60 MILES INTO TRIP. 30 MILES LATER WAS TOLD TO PULL OVER BY TRUCKER PASSING US AND HAD ONE TIRE FLAT WITH 8 INCH CHUNK MISSING AND THE REAR TIRE SAME SIDE HAD A 8INCH BUBBLE ABOUT TO BLOW. UPON REPLACING ALL FOUR TIRES IT WAS NOTICED THAT EVEN THE FOURTH TIRE WAS DEFORMING AND SOON TO EXPLODE. STILL HAVE A SPARE TIRE OF SAME MAKE THAT WILL BE REPLACED ASAP. THIS COULD HAVE LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAD THE TRUCKER NOT WARNED US. JAYCO HAS SINCE CHANGED TO ANOTHER TIRE COMPANY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES. TRAILER WAS NOT OVER WEIGHT, SPEED WAS 65 MPH AND TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED PRIOR TO LEAVING THAT MORNING. THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE BY BLOWOUT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A JAYCO EAGLE PREMIER FIFTH WHEEL RECREATIONAL TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH TOWMAX STR POWERKING (NA) TIRES, SIZE ST235/80R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES COMPLETELY FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. ALL OF THE TIRES EXCEPT THE FOURTH TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
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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