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2007 Jayco Seneca Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Aug 13, 2020
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 19, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Jayco Seneca. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Aug 13, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JAYCO SENECA MOTORHOME INSTALLED ON A 2006 CHEVY 5000 SERIES CHASSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD AN INDEPENDNENT MECHANIC ATTEMPT TO SCAN THE ISSUE WITH A HANDHELD DEVICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SCAN TOOL WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANY FAULT CODES. THE ABS COMPUTER EVENTUALLY COMMUNICATED WITH THE OTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM SHOWING THE OVERALL BRAKE FAILURE WITHIN THE MOTORHOME. THE CONTACT CALLED THE CHASSIS MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THE CONTROL MODULE FOR THE ABS HAD BEEN PLACED ON AN INTERNATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER. AN UNKNOWN DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT INSTALLED A USED MODULE ON HIS OWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

NHTSA ID
11349025
Incident
Feb 1, 2020
Mileage
92,000 mi
Suspension
Filed Jan 30, 2015

WHILE ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA, THE REAR OF THE MOTORHOME WAS SAGGING AND SWAYED TERRIBLY OVER UN-EVEN PAVEMENT AND IN WIND GUSTS. UPON MY RETURN HOME, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FIGURED THAT THE CHASSIS IS UNDERSPRUNG CAUSING HANDLING AND SAFETY ISSUES. THE MANUFACTURER HAS UPGRADED THE SPRINGS ON IDENTICAL MODEL COACHES FROM 15,000 LB SPRINGS TO 19,000 LB SPRINGS AT NO CHARGE. THIS WAS A DESIGN / BUILD ISSUE, NOT A FAULTY PART. I PHONED JAYCO WHO ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD MADE THIS CORRECTION TO OTHER COACHES, BUT WERE NO LONGER DOING SO. IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT A RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE DESIGN / BUILD FLAW. *TR

NHTSA ID
10680037
Incident
Jan 25, 2015
Mileage
32,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Apr 11, 2008
Fire reported

MY 2007 JAYCO SENECA MOTOR-HOME WAS LEFT AT AN ARIZONA DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER I DROPPED IT OFF THE MOTOR-HOME STARTED ON FIRE WHILE TURNED OFF AND PARKED. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A MAIN WIRING HARNESS IN THE REAR BATTERY COMPARTMENT RUBBED THROUGH THE PROTECTIVE COATING AND CAUSED A SHORT STARTING THE FIRE. THE DEALERSHIP SUBSEQUENTLY CHECKED ANOTHER CUSTOMERS JAYCO MOTOR-HOME AND DISCOVERED THE SAME PROBLEM EXISTED BUT THE WIRING HARNESS HAD NOT YET RUBBED THROUGH. MY MOTOR-HOME HAS SUBSTANTIAL FIRE AND SMOKE DAMAGE. JAYCO IS DENYING ANY RESPONSIBLE BY STATING TO ME THAT IT IS THE CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBILITY TO INSPECT WIRING HARNESSES IN CONCEALED ENCLOSED AREAS FOR RUBBING. THIS WIRING HARNESS WAS IN THE SAME POSITION AS IT WAS WHEN THE MOTOR-HOME LEFT THE FACTORY AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE HARNESS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THE COMPARTMENT WHERE THE FIRE OCCURRED IS RIGHT BELOW THE MAIN BEDROOM IN THE MOTOR-HOME. *TR

NHTSA ID
10224228
Incident
Apr 10, 2008
Mileage
16,000 mi
BrakesElectrical
Filed Mar 19, 2008

11/13/ 2007 GAUGES BEGAN TO LIGHT UP OR NOT WORK. CONDITION HAS ONLY GOTTEN WORSE, LEADING TO THE POWER TRAIN FUSE TO BLOW WHILE DRIVING, LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LITTLE BRAKES. THE CLUSTER GOES, I ONLY HAVE THE SPEEDOMETER WORKING, WHICH AFFECTS MY EXHAUST BRAKES AND MY ELECTRIC BRAKES THAT CONTROL MY TRAILER. GOD FORBID IF THE FUSE BLOWS WHILE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A TRAILER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10221813
Incident
Nov 13, 2007
Mileage
13,000 mi

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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