Equipment: motorcycle: helmets (Daytona)
Vehicle equipment recall 74E-005. NHTSA received DAYTONA’s report on Apr 5, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received DAYTONA’s report on Apr 5, 1974. 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?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: motorcycle: helmets.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: DAYTONA SPORTS COMPANY MADE A VOLUN- TARY RECALL OF HELMETS MANUFACTURED IN1965-1966 PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF SAFETY STANDARDS BY NHTSA.THE HELMET LEVELOF PROTECTION WAS LESS THAN DESIRABLE AND SUBSEQUENT TEST- ING THE DEGREE OFIMPACT RESISTANCE WAS FAR LESS THAN HELMETS OF COMPAR- ABLE MANUFACTURERS INTHAT PERIOD.(CORRECT BY RETURNING HELMET FOR REPLACEMENT BY THE PRESENT MODEL300 DAYTONA HELMET).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,500 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Daytona HelmetNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by DAYTONA.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. 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 before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_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.