- Vehicles
- 273
- Built between
- Jun 2012 – Oct 2012
- Models
- 5
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 25 November 2013
- Repaired
- 32%
- Unrepaired
- 179
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between June 2012 and October 2012. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2012 URAL Gear-UPBuilt June 2012 to October 2012
- 2012 URAL PatrolBuilt June 2012 to October 2012
- 2012 URAL Patrol-TBuilt June 2012 to October 2012
- 2012 URAL TouristBuilt June 2012 to October 2012
- 2012 URAL Tourist-TBuilt June 2012 to October 2012
Repair progress
179 of 273 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2015.
32% repaired — 87 of 273 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 7
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Irbit Motorworks of America, Inc. (Irbit) is recalling certain model year 2012 Ural Gear-up, Patrol, Patrol T, Tourist, and Tourist T motorcycles with sidecars produced June 2, 2012, through October 25, 2012. The aluminum rims manufactured in April 2012 were improperly heat treated which could result in cracked, split or broken rims.
What could happen
The failure of a rim may result in a wheel lock up, increasing the risk of a crash.
What gets fixed
Irbit will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the motorcycles and replace any aluminum rims manufactured in April 2012, free of charge. The recall began on November 2013.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJune 2012 to October 2012
- Recall reported to NHTSA17 October 2013
- Owners notified25 November 2013
- Latest repair reportQ1 2015 — 32% repaired
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 17 October 2013.
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 may contact Irbit Motorworks at 1-425-702-8484.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- IRBIT MOTORWORKS OF AMERICA
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
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
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to 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.