Speed And Strength Equipment: Helmets

Speed and Strength is recalling about 7,022 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Inadequate helmet protection can increase the risk of serious injury to the wearer.

Campaign
16E048000
Manufacturer
Tucker Rocky Distribution
Reported
23 May 2016
Vehicles
7,022
Built between
Jan 2013 – Jun 2014
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
11 July 2016
Repaired
4%
Unrepaired
4,598

Does this affect my vehicle?

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

  • Speed And Strength SS200Built January 2013 to June 2014

Repair progress

4,598 of 7,022 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.

4% repaired — 315 of 7,022 reported

Owners not reachable
31
Scrapped or exported
2,078

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 SS2200 motorcycle helmets sizes XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, manufactured January 25, 2013, to June 30, 2014. The helmets failed the penetration testing, failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."

What could happen

Inadequate helmet protection can increase the risk of serious injury to the wearer.

What gets fixed

Tucker Rocky will notify owners, and replace the helmet, free of charge. The recall began on July 11, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2013 to June 2014
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA23 May 2016
  3. Owners notified11 July 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 4% 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 23 May 2016.

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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