VOSS Equipment: Helmets

Voss is recalling about 974 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. The wearer of the helmet may not be adequately protected, increasing the risk of personal injury during a vehicle crash.

Campaign
14E085000
Manufacturer
Roadhouse Distribution Inc.
Reported
22 December 2014
Vehicles
974
Built between
Jun 2013 – Oct 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
22 January 2015
Repaired
6%
Unrepaired
754

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2013 and October 2014. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • VOSS 888CF HelmetBuilt June 2013 to October 2014

Repair progress

754 of 974 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2016.

6% repaired — 58 of 974 reported

Scrapped or exported
162

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

Roadhouse Distribution Inc. (Roadhouse) is recalling certain Voss 888CF motorcycle helmets sizes XS-XXL manufactured June 1, 2013, to October 31, 2014. The affected helmets failed in penetration testing due to inadequate material in the helmet shell. Thus, these helmets fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, "Motorcycle helmets."

What could happen

The wearer of the helmet may not be adequately protected, increasing the risk of personal injury during a vehicle crash.

What gets fixed

Roadhouse will notify owners and resellers, and provide a replacement helmet free of charge. The safety recall began January 22, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2013 to October 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 December 2014
  3. Owners notified22 January 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2016 — 6% 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 22 December 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 Roadhouse Distribution Inc at 1-877-431-2453.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Roadhouse Distribution Inc.
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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