Unknown or other (KG Engineering)
Vehicle equipment recall 77E-014. NHTSA received KG ENGINEERING’s report on Jul 1, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received KG ENGINEERING’s report on Jul 1, 1977. 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.
THE INVOLVED BACKREST MAY BREAK AT THE POINT WHERE THE ROUND TUBE MATERIAL IS FLATTENED TO FACILITATE MECHANICAL ATTACHMENTS TO A LUGGAGE CARRIER PRODUCED BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER.
THIS CRACKING IS BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY MOTORCYCLE VIBRATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Unknown or other.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL INSTALL A REINFORCED DESIGN BACKREST, WHICH CAN STAND AN INCREASED LOAD, ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES, FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; MOTORCYCLE BACKREST, MODEL NO. P-12.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: SHOULD THE BACKREST FAIL WHILE IN SERVICE, THE OPERATORCOULD EXPERIENCE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, AN ACCIDENT, AND SERIOUS PERSONALINJURY.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 12,942 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- KG Engineering KG EngineeringNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by KG ENGINEERING.
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.