2017 Jayco Fifth Wheel North Point

OUR 2017 JAYCO NORTHPOINT 377RLBH IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL ISSUED BY JAYCO ON THE SUSPENSION. THE DEALER, CRAIN RV, FOUND THAT 2 OF THE WHEELS ARE CRACKED AND IT IS UNSAFE TO TOW UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED. JAYCO HAS VERIFIED THAT THREADED WHEEL AND TIRE COMPANY MADE THE WHEELS. THE SERIAL NUMBER FOR WHEELS PER JAYCO IS R2KK1816 FOR 3 WHEELS AND R2KK1716 FOR 1 WHEEL.*DT*JB

2011 JAYCO NORTH POINT FIFTHWHEEL. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DAMAGED UNDERBELLY COVER. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING HE NOTICED BLACK COLORED MATERIAL COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED 2/3 OF THE UNDERBELLY HAD COME LOOSE AND WRAPPED AROUND 2 AXLES. THE CONSUMER CUT AWAY THE MATERIAL. WHILE DOING SO, RUINED HIS GLASSES. THE AWNING CYLINDER FELL APART WHILE BEING RETRACTED. THE FAUCET IN THE KITCHEN LEAKED AND THE FAN FAILED. THE FREEZER HAD MALFUNCTIONS. THE LEVELING SYSTEM FAILED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. A TOILET VALVE FAILED CAUSING WATER TO LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE HAD 3 TIRE BLOW OUTS AND MULTIPLE OTHER TIRE FAILURES. BOTH DEEP CYCLE BATTERIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TWO WHEELS DISLODGED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THE CONSUMER CALLED STATE POLICE WHO ARRANGED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC 2500 USED FOR HAULING A 2017 JAYCO NORTHPOINT RV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR AND FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE TRAILER SUSTAINED A LOT OF DAMAGES TO THE FRONT, AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES. A TOWING COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AND THE TRAILER WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT BUT WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED 4 LEAF SPRINGS AND INSTALLED 4 NEW TIRES. APACHE VILLAGE RV CENTER (9001 DUNN RD, HAZELWOOD, MO 63042) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT ALSO REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V385000 (SUSPENSION) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER THE TRAILER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE TRAILER WAS 17,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JAYCO NORTHPOINT FIFTH WHEEL TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAILERED AND DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE TWO PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEELS SEPARATED FROM THE TRAILER. AFTER STOPPING TO INSPECT THE TRAILER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WHEEL LUGS SHEARED OFF ALLOWING THE WHEELS TO SEPARATE FROM THE TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL SERVICE CENTER BETTCHERS US TRUCK & TRAILER SERVICE CENTER LOCATED AT 310 WILSON DR, LAKEVILLE, IN 46536 WHO REPLACED THE WHEEL HUBS. THE TRAILER WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER'S LOCATION FOR EVALUATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE 2 ODI NUMBERS 11354924 & 11354926 REGARDING THE SAME INCIDENT. ODI 11354926 HAS NO OPEN RECALLS ON THE UNIT ALTHOUGH MANUFACTURER HAD AN OPEN RECALL. COMPLAINT WAS FILED AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. ALTHOUGH, RECALL WAS REPLACED CONSUMER FEELS ALIGNMENT OF THE UNIT IS PUTTING MORE STRESS ON AXLES.*JB