VEGA Equipment: Helmets

Vega is recalling about 14,436 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. In the event of a crash, the helmet may not provide adequate protection to the wearer, possibly resulting in injuries.

Campaign
07E010000
Manufacturer
SOARING HELMET CORPORATION
Reported
1 February 2007
Vehicles
14,436
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
12 March 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • VEGA Nitro NT100

What the defect is

Certain soaring helmet corporation motorcycle helmets with the brand name of nitro nt 100, sizes large, xl, and xxl, fail to conform to the penetration requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no 218, motorcycle helmets.

What could happen

In the event of a crash, the helmet may not provide adequate protection to the wearer, possibly resulting in injuries.

What gets fixed

SOARING HELMET CORPORATION WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE HELMETS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 12, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA1 February 2007
  2. Owners notified12 March 2007

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 February 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners can contact soaring helmet at 1-425-656-0683.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
SOARING HELMET CORPORATION
Safety standard
FMVSS 218
Recall initiated by
OVSC

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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