NHTSA Complaint #11337166 — 2019 JAYCO PRECEPT

ON 5/26/2020 MY HUSBAND & I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM GILROY, CA WITH OUR NEW 2019 JAYCO PRECEPT PRESTIGE MOTORHOME. WE WERE HEADING NB ON I-55 (50-55MPH) CROSSING FROM MISSOURI INTO ILLINOIS (COLLINSVILLE AREA) & A HEAVY HAULER CARRYING CONCRETE, WAS SPEEDING SB ON I-55 (65 MPH AT LEAST) IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, JACKED KNIFED HIS VEHICLE TO AVOID SLAMMING INTO STOP/SLOWED TRAFFIC. IN DOING SO, HE WENT INTO CENTER MEDIAN CAUSING THE POSTED 55 MPH SPEED SIGN WITH PHOTO ENFORCED ATTACHED TO TOP OF SIGN, ALONG WITH A WALL OF DRIED DIRT AND STONE TO FLY INTO OUR WINDSHIELD AND CAUSING IT TO COMPLETELY IMPLODE IT INTO OUR FACES AND BRAND NEW MOTORHOME. NOTHING IS LEFT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE STATE POLICE AND EMT'S ON SITE QUESTIONED WHY THE WINDSHIELD WAS DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF WHAT IT WAS. ALSO, THE REPAIR THAT OUR MOTORHOME IS CURRENTLY AT, INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A WINDSHIELD EXPLODED THE WAY THIS ONE DID. OUR MOTORHOME IS 38'8" LONG AND THERE'S GLASS FROM FRONT TO BACK. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JAYCO AND THEY'VE RESPONDED BACK, SAYING THAT THE WINDSHIELD INSTALLED HAS MET ALL SAFETY STANDARDS AND CODES. *TR