01 What Jayco publishes for the Jay Feather 7
Jayco, Inc. lists 7 Jay Feather 7 travel trailers in its 2018 Jay Feather 7 brochure. Jayco prints a dry weight for every one profiled here, and each has a page of its own. It prints a GVWR for every one too. It prints a net carrying capacity for 6; on the 6 that carry both that and a GVWR, the dry weight plus the carrying capacity equals the GVWR exactly on 6. (How the data is verified.)
02 Jayco Jay Feather 7 models
Jayco Jay Feather 7 · 7 models
| Model | Dry weight | Cargo (CCC) | GVWR | Tongue | Length | Sleeps | On this site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Feather 7 16XRB | 2,925 lb | 975 lb | 3,900 lb | 325 lb | 18' 10" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 19BH | 3,060 lb | 915 lb | 3,975 lb | 305 lb | 22' 2" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 17XFD | 3,415 lb | 1,085 lb | 4,500 lb | 335 lb | 20' 9" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 19XUD | 3,700 lb | 950 lb | 4,650 lb | 310 lb | 22' 5" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 22BHM | 4,020 lb | 1,480 lb | 5,500 lb | 410 lb | 26' 6" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 23RD | 4,190 lb | 1,310 lb | 5,500 lb | 475 lb | 27' 8" | — | Profiled |
| Jay Feather 7 20RL | Not published by Jayco | Not published by Jayco | Not published by Jayco | Not published by Jayco | — | — | Catalogued · Jayco prints its weights as TBD |
Read from Jayco’s 2018 Jay Feather 7 brochure, 6 Nov 2026. “Not published” means the maker prints no figure; nothing is filled from another model, year or dealer.
03 Reading Jayco’s figures
A maker’s published weight is for a base trailer; options and dealer-installed equipment add weight to any particular unit. The federal weight label inside the trailer carries its own unloaded weight, cargo carrying capacity and GVWR (49 CFR 567 and 571.120): read it on the unit itself before any towing decision.
05 Recalls
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign affecting this line. The earliest was reported 1 May 2017 and the most recent 1 May 2017.
| Reported | Campaign | Component | What can go wrong |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2017 | 17V290000 | Interior lighting | The excessive heat from the LED ceiling lights may increase the risk of a fire. |
Coverage is not complete: this list is a starting point, not a clearance (how it is built), so check a specific VIN at NHTSA before you buy and again before you tow.
This count covers campaigns NHTSA files under the Jay Feather 7 name only; plain Jay Feather campaigns count on the Jay Feather page. The one filing (17V290000) covers 2017 models.
06 Owner-reported problems
A sweep of NHTSA’s complete complaint file — every safety-defect complaint NHTSA has received since 1 January 1995, matched on NHTSA’s own model field under every name this site publishes for the line — found no complaint naming this line. Treat that as no report found, not as a clean record: owners file under whatever name they were sold, and a newer or lower-volume line simply has fewer owners to file.
How this count is drawn. A report is counted here only when NHTSA’s own model field names this line. What the owner typed in the description is never used to attribute a report: our line names are ordinary English words, and an owner writing “imagine my surprise when the axle went” or naming the state of Montana is not reporting a Grand Design Imagine or a Keystone Montana.
Read these as reports, not as findings. Complaints are submitted by owners and NHTSA does not verify them; no complaint here has been confirmed as a defect, and none of them is a recall. The sample is also self-selected — only owners motivated to file appear in it — so a high count tracks how many units a line sold at least as much as how well it was built. Use the pattern, not the total: a component that keeps recurring is worth inspecting on any used unit. File or search complaints at NHTSA.