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2011 Jayco Jay Feather Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 21, 2018
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2011 Jayco Jay Feather, 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.

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From owner reports, verbatim

ON SEPT. 10TH 2018 OUR RV DEALER CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE IN ALL TIRES BEFORE US LEAVING WITH THE TRAILER TO TRAVEL TO ELBERTA AL. WE LEFT ABOVE LOCATION AT APPROX. 0900HRS. IN ROUTE TO ELBERTA AL. AT APPROX. 1330HRS. NEAR MILE MARKER 52 ON I65 SB TIRE 1 BLEW OUT WE PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND CHANGED THE TIRE WITH THE SPARE TIRE. WE PURCHASED A NEW TIRE TO REPLACE TIRE 1. TIRE SHOP MOUNTED THE NEW TIRE BACK ON & PLACED THE SPARE TIRE BACK ON THE SPARE CARRIER & AGAIN CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE IN ALL TIRES & THEY WERE AT THE CORRECT PSI. WE LEFT THAT LOCATION & TRAVELED TO OUR CAMPGROUND A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD. WE STAYED AT OUR LOCATION UNTIL SEPT. 17TH 2018. NO PICTURE AVAILABLE & WE DID NOT KEEP THE TIRE OF THE FIRST BLOWOUT ON SEPT. 17TH 2018 WE LEFT ELBERTA AL BACK IN ROUTE TO CALERA AL AT APPROX. 0930HRS. AT APPROX. 1115HRS NEAR MILE MARKER 60 ON I65NB TIRE 2 BLEW OUT. WE PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. THE BLOWOUT RESULTED IN THE TREAD WRAPPING AROUND THE AXLE AND BREAKING SYSTEM OF THE TRAILER. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO GET THE TREAD OFF THE TRAILER AND MY HUSBAND CAUSING INJURY TO HIS ARMS FROM THE WIRES OF THE TIRE, WE CONTACTED A TOWING COMPANY FOR ASSISTANCE AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF TOWING SERVICES FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE TOW OWNER ARRIVED & WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE TREAD AND PLACE THE SPARE TIRE ON. THIS BLOWOUT RESULTED IN BREAK DAMAGE TO BREAK 2 & SKIRT DAMAGE TO THE CAMPER. WE CONTINUED TO OUR DESTINATION EXITING I65NB IN MONTGOMERY & TRAVELING THE REST OF THE WAY ON HWY 31. ON HWY 31 NEAR THE PINE LEVEL 65 OVER PASS TIRE 3 BLEW OUT. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT. WE UNHITCHED THE TRAILER & HAD TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST TIRE SERVICE CENTER & REPLACED THE TIRE FROM THE SECOND BLOW OUT TO PLACE ON THE 3RD BLOWOUT. CLAIM AND PROPERTY CLAIM FILLED WITH GOODYEAR *DT *TR *DT*JB

NHTSA ID 11130613 · filed Sep 21, 2018

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.

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