2013 JAYCO EAGLE Complaints

WE WERE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY IL45 IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHEN OUR DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE ON OUR FIFTH WHEEL CAMPER BLEW OUT. IT CAUSED NOT ONLY A BLOWN TIRE, BUT ALSO CAUSED THE STABILIZER BARS TO BREAK. WHEN SPEAKING TO SEVERAL VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE 5TH WHEEL OWNERS AND TIRE SERVICE DEALERS, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE TIRES PUT ON OUR CAMPER HAD BARELY MET U.S. LOAD/WEIGHT STANDARDS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE "POWER KING" BRAND (CHEAP, MADE IN CHINA), THAT WERE PUT ON OUR CAMPER. THE JAYCO EAGLE IS A VERY HEAVY CAMPER, THUS NEEDING HEAVY DUTY TIRES, NOT THE LIGHT-WEIGHT TIRES THAT WERE CAME WITH THE CAMPER. IF WE HAD BEEN GOING ANY FASTER, IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, OR A HIGH-TRAFFIC AREA, A BLOWOUT COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS! WE WOULD LIKE JAYCO TO DO RIGHT BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES!

POWER KING TOW MAX 235 80 16 TIRES LESS THAN 3000 MILES CAME NEW ON 2013 JAYCO EAGLE PREMIER 351 RLTS. FIRST TIRE BLEW OUT 60 MILES INTO TRIP. 30 MILES LATER WAS TOLD TO PULL OVER BY TRUCKER PASSING US AND HAD ONE TIRE FLAT WITH 8 INCH CHUNK MISSING AND THE REAR TIRE SAME SIDE HAD A 8INCH BUBBLE ABOUT TO BLOW. UPON REPLACING ALL FOUR TIRES IT WAS NOTICED THAT EVEN THE FOURTH TIRE WAS DEFORMING AND SOON TO EXPLODE. STILL HAVE A SPARE TIRE OF SAME MAKE THAT WILL BE REPLACED ASAP. THIS COULD HAVE LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT HAD THE TRUCKER NOT WARNED US. JAYCO HAS SINCE CHANGED TO ANOTHER TIRE COMPANY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE DEFECTIVE TIRES. TRAILER WAS NOT OVER WEIGHT, SPEED WAS 65 MPH AND TIRE PRESSURE WAS CHECKED PRIOR TO LEAVING THAT MORNING. THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE BY BLOWOUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A JAYCO EAGLE PREMIER FIFTH WHEEL RECREATIONAL TRAILER. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH TOWMAX STR POWERKING (NA) TIRES, SIZE ST235/80R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TIRES BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIRES COMPLETELY FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. ALL OF THE TIRES EXCEPT THE FOURTH TIRE WERE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 EAGLE BOAT TRAILER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES. THE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED FROM THE TRAILER. THE TRAILER WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE COMPRESSOR WASHERS IN THE BRAKE CALIBERS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS ALERTED OF THE FAILURE AND ALREADY HAD REPLACED THE BOAT TRAILER HOWEVER, AGAIN REPLACEMENT BOAT TRAILER FORCES THE TRAILER TO BE OUT OF LEVEL 5 INCHES CAUSING WATER TO ACCUMULATE AND ADD EXCESSIVE WEIGHT TO THE TRAILER. THE CONTACT ALERTED THE MANUFACTURE ABOUT THE FAILURE HOWEVER HAD YET TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT FELT THE REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR HAD SURPASSED BEING THAT THE CONTACT HAD ALREADY WAITED 7 MONTHS FOR A REMEDY THE MANUFACTURE HAD FAILED TO PROVIDE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.