Cyber Helmet Equipment: Helmets

Cyber Helmet is recalling about 996 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. In wearing a noncompliant helmet, the user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.

Campaign
14E005000
Manufacturer
Tucker Rocky Distribution
Reported
4 March 2014
Vehicles
996
Built between
Jun 2012 – Jun 2012
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
25 April 2014
Repaired
48%
Unrepaired
516

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2012 and June 2012. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Cyber Helmet U-72 52 LargeBuilt June 2012 to June 2012

Repair progress

516 of 996 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2015.

48% repaired — 480 of 996 reported

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

Tucker Rocky Distribution is recalling certain Cyber U-72 size large motorcyle helmets manufactured in June 2012. The affected helmets fail to conform to the impact requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."

What could happen

In wearing a noncompliant helmet, the user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.

What gets fixed

Tucker Rocky will will attempt to notify owners via signs in dealerships and media outlets since they have no record of the owners. Tucker Rocky will replace the affected helmets, free of charge. The recall began on April 25, 2014.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2012 to June 2012
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 March 2014
  3. Owners notified25 April 2014
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2015 — 48% 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 4 March 2014.

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 Tucker Rocky at 1-817-258-9018.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Tucker Rocky Distribution
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

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.

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