Ride Eazy Equipment: Helmets

Ride Eazy is recalling about 620 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. A helmet that fails to meet the safety requirements can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Campaign
17E064000
Manufacturer
Silverstone Associates LLC
Reported
24 October 2017
Vehicles
620
Built between
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
10 January 2018
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2017 and January 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Ride Eazy TrimlessBuilt January 2017 to January 2017

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q1 2018.

100% repaired — 620 of 620 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

Silverstone Associates LLC (Silverstone) is recalling certain Ride Eazy Trimless helmets in sizes S, M, L, XL, and XXL. These helmets may not adequately protect the wearer in the event of a head impact during a motorcycle crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."

What could happen

A helmet that fails to meet the safety requirements can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

What gets fixed

Silverstone will notify owners and will provide a replacement half helmet, free of charge. The recall began on January 10, 2018.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2017 to January 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA24 October 2017
  3. Owners notified10 January 2018
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2018 — 100% 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 24 October 2017.

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 Silverstone customer service at 1-410-696-7180.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
Silverstone Associates LLC
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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