Jayco, Inc. is recalling certain 2020-2021 Jayco Melbourne

Aug 10, 2020 — Recall Campaign #20V468000

Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Jayco Melbourne, Melbourne Prestige and Entegra Qwest motorhomes built on Sprinter chassis and equipped with swivel seats. The wiring harnesses for the front seats may have been routed incorrectly and could become jammed and damaged in the swivel seat frames.

The recall was influenced by the manufacturer with about 545 units affected.

See recall notice

NHTSA Safety Recall Notice

20V468000

Manufacturer:	Jayco, Inc.
Recall date:	August 10, 2020
NHTSA Campaign #:	20V468000
Units affected:	545

Description:: Jayco, Inc. (Jayco) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Jayco Melbourne, Melbourne Prestige and Entegra Qwest motorhomes built on Sprinter chassis and equipped with swivel seats. The wiring harnesses for the front seats may have been routed incorrectly and could become jammed and damaged in the swivel seat frames.
Consequeces:: If the wiring harness is damaged, the side air bag within the seat may deploy unexpectedly or not deploy as designed in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants.
Corrective action:: Jayco will notify owners, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter dealers will inspect the wire harness routing for both front seats and will repair the wiring and add clips or cable ties as needed, free of charge. The recall began August 21, 2020. Owners may contact Jayco customer service at 1-800-517-9137.
Notes:: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Affects the following:

2021 JAYCO MELBOURNE Complaints
2021 JAYCO MELBOURNE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SIM CARD UPDATE SAFETY RECALL. THE CONSUMER IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THE ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE BUT CAN NOT DO SO DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE NEEDS MERCEDES BENZ TO ISSUE A RECALL CLEARANCE LETTER SO THE RV CAN CROSS THE US/CANADIAN BORDER.;
2021 JAYCO MELBOURNE PRESTIGE Complaints
We have a brand new 2021 Jayco Melbourne that we've had for almost a year. We just took a trip and opened our bins underneath to find that in transit something shifted and TURNED THE LIGHT ON IN THE BIN and it burned the plastic cover of the light AND it burned a plastic tarp! Had it been touching something else, our entire unit could have gone up in flames! It seems that the bin that is directly UNDER THE BED accessible from OUTSIDE the RV has THREE LIGHT SWITCHES on the INSIDE WALLS of that bin. There is NO COVER over that switches. The bulbs in those lights are old style lights that get extremely hot. When things move during transit they can bump those switches and TURN THEM ON. THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW THE LIGHT IS ON. (In my Fleetwood the Cago bin light switch was INSIDE THE RV and an indicator told you when it was on). Not so in this Jayco. So the light can get bumped on, you don't know it's on and it starts a fire! It melted and burned the cover over the light and it burned a tarp. Luckily the tarp mostly melted and never caught fire or we would have all DIED! THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. They either need to replace ALL these bulbs with LEDs that don't get hot OR put a COVER over that switch so that it cannot be accidentally turned on when contents in the bin shift during driving. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON AN RV THIS UNSAFE!;