NHTSA Complaint #10121246 — 2004 JAYCO GREYHAWK

WHILE PREPPING MY 2004 JAYCO GRAYHAWK 24SS CLASS C MOTORHOME FOR OUR NEXT TRIP I DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL LINE FEEDING THE GENERATOR IS LEAKING. IT LEAKS WHILE THE GENERATOR IS RUNNING AND FOR A WHILE AFTERWARD, I GUESS UNTIL VACUUM STOPS IT. WHAT WAS ESPECIALLY SCARY IS THAT THE HOSE RUNS ABOVE AND PARALLEL TO THE GENERATOR EXHAUST PIPE SO THE GAS LEAKS ONTO THE PIPE. THE RUBBER FUEL LINE WAS SCUFFED AND HAD A PUNCTURE ABOUT A FOOT UPSTREAM FROM THE GENERATOR CONNECTION. MY GUESS IS THAT A PIECE OF HIGHWAY DEBRIS HIT IT WHILE WE WERE COMING BACK FROM OUR PREVIOUS TRIP. THAT FUEL LINE IS FAIRLY EXPOSED BENEATH THE MOTORHOME AND IS JUST SOFT RUBBER. I HATE TO IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HAD RUN THE GENERATOR FOR SOME TIME WITH IT LEAKING-- THE EXHAUST GETS PRETTY HOT. I TOOK IT IN TO A GENERATOR REPAIR SHOP THIS MORNING -MY JAYCO DEALER DOESN'T WORK ON ANYTHING GASOLINE, THOUGH THEY WILL PAY FOR IT UNDER WARRANTY. I ASKED THAT THE FUEL LINE BE REPLACED WITH A HOSE THAT HAS A METAL BRAID OUTER COVER. THE SHOP SAID THEY WOULD TRY TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR ME. SEEMS JAYCO, AND PROBABLY OTHER MANUFACTURERS TOO, COULD DO A BETTER JOB PROTECTING POTETIALLY DANGEROUS PARTS UNDERNEATH THEIR MOTORHOMES.