Equipment: motorcycle: helmets (Wheelsport)
Vehicle equipment recall 77E-019. NHTSA received WHEELSPORT’s report on Sep 13, 1977.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WHEELSPORT’s report on Sep 13, 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 HELMETS MAY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 218, “MOTORCYCLE HELMETS”.
THIS IS DUE TO AN IMPROPER LINER USED IN THE HELMETS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: motorcycle: helmets.
What should you do?
MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE SUSPECT HELMETS WITH HELMETS THAT MEET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, WITHOUT CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; HELMETS, SIZE B, MODEL ARAI X-7.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE HELMET MAY NOT PROVIDEADEQUATE PROTECTION TO THE USER AND SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY MAY RESULT.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 50 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Wheelsport HelmetNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WHEELSPORT.
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.