Equipment: motorcycle: helmets (Fuel Helmets)
Vehicle equipment recall 22E-009. NHTSA received Fuel Helmets’s report on Feb 16, 2022.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Fuel Helmets’s report on Feb 16, 2022. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
A helmet that does not provide adequate impact protection increases the risk of injury during a crash.
Fuel Helmets is recalling certain SH-WS001 motorcycle helmets, part number SH-WS0016, size Large.
The helmet may not adequately protect the wearer in the event of a head impact during a crash.
As such, these helmets fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 218, “Motorcycle Helmets.”
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: motorcycle: helmets.
What should you do?
Fuel Helmets will notify owners, and provide a credit to replace the helmet or reimburse the cost of the helmet. Owner notification letters were mailed May 13, 2022 Owners may contact Fuel Helmets customer service at 1-855-355-3835.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 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.nhtsa.gov.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,431 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Fuel Helmets SH-WS001NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Fuel Helmets.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.