Jayco equipment query EQ17002
Close Equipment Query. NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened this equipment query about the interior lighting on 7 model years (2017). Opened Jul 21, 2017, closed Jul 2, 2019 after 1.9 years. It led to safety recall 17E046000. became a recall
What NHTSA says
Source: Office of Defects Investigation, as filedJune 5, 2017, Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) notified NHTSA of a safety-related defect in certain 2017 Jay Flight Bungalow, Hummingbird, White Hawk, Jay Flight SLX, Jay Feather 7, Jay Feather and Jay Flight fifth wheel recreational trailers. A recall, 17V-290 was filed. According to the Report, the trailers are equipped with LED ceiling lights that produce extreme high temperature during normal use which may cause light failure. Some of the failure characteristics noted are melting of the plastic housing, smoldering, and charred and scorched ceiling panels. The excessive heat from the LED ceiling lights may increase the risk of a fire. Jayco identified Command Electronics, Inc. (Command) as the supplier of the ceiling lights. Command has indicated that it supplied the same component to other manufacturers, but has not yet filed a defect information report in accordance with 49 C.F.R. ?573.3(f).RMD opened EQ investigation in 07/21/2017 to obtain information regarding the additional manufacturers that were supplied with the component identified by Jayco, and to determine whether additional safety recalls are required by any of those identified companies. Two years past, RMD found not enough evidences that the same LED ceiling lights would produce extreme high temperature during normal use from other users beside Jayco, Inc. RMD is satisfied with findings. Accordingly, this EQ is closed.
A Equipment Query is a query about a piece of equipment — a component, a tire, a child seat — rather than a whole vehicle. The summary is the agency’s own text from its investigation file, unedited; the opening and closing resumes with the full reasoning are on NHTSA’s site under this number.
What this means for an owner
Source: and what happens nextAn investigation is not a finding that a defect exists, and it puts no duty on anyone. NHTSA opens a Preliminary Evaluation when complaints and other reports suggest a condition worth asking the manufacturer about; it upgrades to an Engineering Analysis when the answers warrant testing; it closes either when it recommends a recall, when the manufacturer recalls on its own, or when no defect trend is found. The agency’s own goals are about four months for a petition, eight for a Preliminary Evaluation or a Recall Query and eighteen for an Engineering Analysis; many run longer.
This one became a recall. The campaign page carries the manufacturer’s filed defect, risk and remedy, the build window and every model year covered; whether one specific vehicle is included is settled by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Model years it names
Source: as NHTSA filed themAlso named: 2017 Jayco Hummingbird; 2017 Jayco JAY Feather; 2017 Jayco JAY Feather 7; 2017 Jayco JAY Flight; 2017 Jayco JAY Flight Bungalow; 2017 Jayco JAY Flight SLX; 2017 Jayco White Hawk.
A vehicle page’s investigation list carries the same action; a name here is the scope NHTSA opened, not a list of affected VINs.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects InvestigationIs EQ17002 a recall?
No — it is the investigation that led to one. Recall 17E046000 is the campaign; its page carries the remedy.
Is EQ17002 still open?
No. It closed on Jul 2, 2019 and led to recall 17E046000.
Which vehicles does EQ17002 cover?
NHTSA opened it on 7 model years: 2017 Jayco Hummingbird, 2017 Jayco JAY Feather, 2017 Jayco JAY Feather 7, 2017 Jayco JAY Flight, 2017 Jayco JAY Flight Bungalow, 2017 Jayco JAY Flight SLX and more. That is the scope of the inquiry, not a list of affected vehicles; a recall, if one follows, defines its own population by VIN.