Wheels (Optima and Aerolite)
Vehicle equipment recall 94E-031. NHTSA received OPTIMA WHEELS’s report on Sep 30, 1994.
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The short answer
NHTSA received OPTIMA WHEELS’s report on Sep 30, 1994. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 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 RIM MARKINGS ON THESE WHEELS ARE INCOMPLETE.
THE RIMS DO NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO 120, “TIRE SELECTION AND RIMS FOR VEHICLES OTHER THAN PASSENGER CARS.”
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels.
What should you do?
OPTIMA WILL SEND OUT CORRECT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE WHEEL RIMS TO VEHICLE OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: WHEELS.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MOTORCYCLE WHEELS FOR HARLEY DAVIDSON1993 AND 1994 MODEL YEAR MOTORCYCLES; RIM SIZE 16 X 3; MODELS 1001, 1002, 1003(RA1, RA2, RA3).CONSEQUENCE OF NONCOMPLIANCE: MARKINGS ARE REQUIRED TO INFORM THE OWNER ABOUTSPECIFIC TIRE AND RIM INFORMATION.NOTE: IF YOU OWN ONE OF THE NONCOMPLIANT WHEELS AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVETHE CORRECTED RIM INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OPTIMA AT 1-800-722-6784. ALSO,CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE1-800-424-9393.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 96 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Optima WheelBuilt from Mar 1, 1993 to Aug 1, 1994
- Aerolite WheelBuilt from Mar 1, 1993 to Aug 1, 1994
Who is recalling it?
- Made by OPTIMA WHEELS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026.