Speed And Strength Equipment: Helmets

Speed and Strength is recalling about 15,653 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. A rider may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of serious injury.

Campaign
15E002000
Manufacturer
Tucker Rocky Distribution
Reported
22 January 2015
Vehicles
15,653
Built between
Feb 2013 – Dec 2013
Models
3
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
25 March 2015
Repaired
10%
Unrepaired
14,161

Does this affect my vehicle?

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

  • Speed And Strength SS200Built February 2013 to December 2013
  • Speed And Strength SS300Built February 2013 to December 2013
  • Speed And Strength SS400Built February 2013 to December 2013

Repair progress

14,161 of 15,653 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2016.

10% repaired — 1,492 of 15,653 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 (Tucker Rocky) is recalling certain Speed and Strength SS200, SS300, and SS400 motorcycle helmets manufactured February 1, 2013, to December 7, 2013, sizes XS-XXL. The helmets fail to meet certain performance requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."

What could happen

A rider may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of serious injury.

What gets fixed

The remedy for this recall is still under development. The recall began March 25, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2013 to December 2013
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA22 January 2015
  3. Owners notified25 March 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2016 — 10% 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 January 2015.

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 customer service at 1-817-258-9247.

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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