Cosmopolitan Equipment: Helmets

Cosmopolitan is recalling about 1,138 vehicles over a problem with the equipment.

Campaign
85E023000
Manufacturer
COSMOPOLITAN MOTORS, INC.
Reported
6 August 1985
Vehicles
1,138
Built between
Feb 1982 – Feb 1984
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
Not yet
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 1982 and February 1984. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Cosmopolitan HelmetBuilt February 1982 to February 1984

What the defect is

The helmet fails to meet the requirements of FMVSS 218 S5.1 impact attentuation, S5.2 penetration, and S5.6 labeling. Consequence of defect: the helmet fails to meet the FMVSS may result in injury to the wearer in the event of a severe impact.

What gets fixed

REPLACE HELMET WITH ONE THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH FMVSS 218.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 1982 to February 1984
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA6 August 1985

No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.

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 6 August 1985.

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.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
COSMOPOLITAN MOTORS, 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

Vehicle category: motorcycles.system: helmets, models agv cx 5000, kr 2000, cx 2000.

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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