2004 Jayco Fifth Wheel Talon ZX

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure › body. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure › Body	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Structure › Body

Filed Apr 8, 201522,000 milesWA

THIS 5TH WHEEL AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME DESIGN HAVE METAL FRAME FAILURE. THE FRAME IS BENDING BY THE PIN BOX DUE TO POOR DESIGN RESULTING IN THE TRAILER PULLING AWAY FROM THE FRAME AND BREAKING WELD POINTS AND FASTENERS. THERE'S MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AS MY INSURANCE DENIED MY CLAIM AND CONCLUDED THAT THE METAL FRAME FAILURE IS A RESULT OF WEAKENING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO METAL FATIGUE, POOR DESIGN AND SOMETIMES POOR WELDING AT THE FACTORY. THE THICKNESS OF THE STEEL AND DESIGN IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE TRAILER DESIGN. A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE AND JAYCO AND/OR THE METAL FRAME MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE LIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE FAILURE. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.