Jayco Expanda (page 2 of 4)

Hard to beat the value for money you feel when buying a jayco compared to others. But you soon realise how they achieve that price point and that is through mass production, cheap materials and workmanship. My biggest frustration is the false advertising. Brought an outback because that is what we planned to do. First trip and the outback ended up inside the van. How hard would it be for them to take five seconds while making these vans to seal them. I expect some dust but not the amount I had in the storage areas. Thank god it was not cloths o...Read more

We bought our Jayco 17.56-2 outback brand new in 2014. It's the best thing we ever bought! We looked at second hand but they seemed to keep their value. It's very hard to believe the bad reviews I have read. Myself, 2 brothers & a close friend own one each (2012, 2013 & 2 off 2014 models). None of us can complain, nor can the many Jayco owners we've talked to throughout our travels. I have 4 young boys, we have done about 10,000k's in ours. Yeh, a cupboard latch stopped latching, had trouble with water pressure, drawer runner broke, kids snap...Read more

We purchased our new expanda outback caravan in sep 2014 and finally had it delivered in March 2015.after having in for almost 12 months now can highly recommend if you dont want to spend all your time returning your caravan back to the dealer dont buy a jayco.our caravan has so far spent a total off 8 weeks back at the dealer having repairs carried out such as fridge issues (on our second fride first was dead on arrival )problems with heater -aircon unit thermostat .cupboard doors falling to bits.external stickers...Read more

After reading some negative comments regarding Jayco Expanda Outbacks I felt it necessary to share our very positive experience. My wife, myself & 3 daughters (14, 12 & 11) have towed our 2014, 17.56-2OB with new JTech suspension over 10000km up the west coast, across the Savannah Way from Broome to Cairns and now heading down the east Coast of this great country, many kms were corrugated gravel roads with bulldust holes, river crossings etc.. Very little dust entry, more dust got into the car (2012Pajero) than the van which was trailing in the...Read more

I bought a 2012 outback expanda poptop and could not fault it. I used this van many times with my family and it was perfect for what we needed it for. I'm a tradie and very fussy and the quality was not nothing like you would get in a quality built home. But they have to keep the waight down. A few mates have other brands of vans and they all have had problems ( Leaking And things falling apart ) I also looked at other brands and I could not see were the extra $20,000 + was in buying there's. I have recently sold this van and have orded a new 1...Read more

My wife and my self bought a Jayco 16ft Expanda Outback a year ago and have only used it five times . The first trip we did ( a week end away ) we discoverd that the mattresses where not level amongst other things . When I contacted Jayco Gold coast about the mattress's I was told that that is how they are . What a load of crock . We have had many issues with this product and the company we bought it from ( Jayco Gold Coast who by the way are shocking to deal with and I highly recommend you buy elsewhere ) such as all the plastic components in ...Read more

We purchased a 16ft Expanda pop top Outback brand new in October 2015.
Where do I start
The entire van filled with dust when we took it off road. Ee later discovered thst Jayco had left off a Velcro strip that prevents dust from entrring through the hinge at the back. Consequently our rear mattress and interior canvass is permanenlty stained.
Several drawers unlocked thrmselves over a moderately bumpy road and snapped, hinges of cupboards pulled out of the wood and the privacy screen press studs just about fsll out when you look at them.
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I just can't believe how disappointed i am with my new van. This is my first new caravan and choose the expanda outback because it looked great for my wife and i and our 3 kids. I have taken it on three small trips over the xmas break. Ok now, the problems, i picked it up and took it home to show the family opened the door and found there to be cockroaches in it - bloody great!. Off we went up the coast about 200km set up and noticed a 5 inch crack in the back door over the bed. The so called cd player does not take cds (they don't fit) we pack...Read more

i bought a new expanda 2014 17-1, if you expect a high quality van beware. Best workmanship i have seen, been on three trips, every one a problem, from water leaks (bed ends to air conditioner) to cracks in hard end covers / roof, fridge handle snapping off, led lights not working. Jayco i give up thank you for your high quality product you promised me when i purchased the van and also the great after service repairs. Purchased van in Sep, had to wait for December for dealer to even look at the problems, and then the van was sitting at dealer f...Read more

bought our van in end of Feburary...2013 demo model....and put 5000K's on it before the end of March..it now has close to 8000 on it, and like other have said...a broken shower door latch(cost me $5 to upgrade)....loose hinge or two....nothing major. The main issues I had with it were the spare tyre location and the water drainage..
Spare tyre a PITA....had to remove both gas bottles to get it out...being handy with a welder,I just redesigned the gas bottle mounts and move the bottles out 90mm...tyre flies out now....
Water drainage....most ...Read more

Man after reading all these bad reviews I'm glad I didn't look online before buying :) when we were in exmouth wa ( we we're in a tent ) every second caravan was a jayco expanda I asked a lot of people about them and they were very happy with them you get what you pay for yes I agree a lot of things a tinny like 2 of our cupboards the latches have come away from the wall and a handle on the storage draw has broken but all and all I find it a great van for a family with kids it's super easy to set up I get my hubby to take the kids away and I se...Read more