Recall Register

1998 Jayco Heritage: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1998 Jayco Heritage. The newest campaign is 00V382000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Nov 2000. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 00V382000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will add a clamp to the brake hose.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 26,819 units in total.

  1. 00V382000Received . 10,956 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: folding campers. A flexible brake hose is not clamped in a position away from the tire, which can lead to chaffing of the hose causing a leak of hydraulic fluid.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in a loss of trailer brakes, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will add a clamp to the brake hose.

    Report filed by JAYCO, INC..

  2. 99V287002Received . 14,870 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: fold down trailers which use gas/electric absorption refrigerators supplied by norcold. The swivel nut which is an integral connection component of a pressure tap device has "stress corrosion cracking."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This cracking can lead to an open fracture in the brass nut, potentially allowing propane gas to leak.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will remove the swivel nut/pressure tap component and replace with a remedy kit.

    Report filed by JAYCO, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 9901029.

  3. 98V227000Received . 993 units.

    Equipment / Recreational Vehicle/Trailer

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: camping trailers. Inadequate strength of the bed brace allows the bed to collapse under pressure.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Failure of the bed brace to support bed when occupied can lead to possible personal injury of the bed occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the rear bed braces.

    Report filed by JAYCO, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1998 Jayco Heritage: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Latches/Locks/Linkages1
Structure1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
6 Jan 2004

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1998 Jayco Heritage, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2004, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19983
  2. 19992
  3. 20002
  4. 20011

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Jayco Heritage: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/jayco/heritage/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
JAYCO, INC.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Jayco Heritage?
26,819 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Jayco Heritage have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the Jayco Heritage, model years 1998 to 2001. 3 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Jayco Heritage name most often?
Latches/Locks/Linkages: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Jayco Heritage open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.