Fuel Sh-Hh0017, Fuel Sh-Hr2066, Fuel Sh-Hr2067, model year 9999. Filed by Fuel and reported to NHTSA on 24 October 2012. 604 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Fuel is recalling certain motorcycle helmets, model SH-HR2066, size L, model SH-HR2067, size XL, and model SH-HH0017, size XL, all manufactured in September 2010. The helmets fail to conform to the impact and retention requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 12E050 cover?
- Fuel Sh-Hh0017, Fuel Sh-Hr2066, Fuel Sh-Hr2067.
- What is wrong with them?
- Fuel is recalling certain motorcycle helmets, model SH-HR2066, size L, model SH-HR2067, size XL, and model SH-HH0017, size XL, all manufactured in September 2010. The helmets fail to conform to the impact and retention requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- By wearing a noncompliant helmet, the user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Fuel will notify distributors and will either replace any noncompliant helmet or offer a full refund. The safety recall began during November 2012. Owners may contact Fuel at 1-800-971-4630.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “By wearing a noncompliant helmet, the user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 12E050 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Fuel |
| System at fault | Equipment:Motorcycle:Helmets |
| Reported to NHTSA | 24 October 2012 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | FUEL SH-HH0017, FUEL SH-HR2066, FUEL SH-HR2067 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
By wearing a noncompliant helmet, the user may not be adequately protected in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of personal injury.
The remedy
Fuel will notify distributors and will either replace any noncompliant helmet or offer a full refund. The safety recall began during November 2012. Owners may contact Fuel at 1-800-971-4630.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
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CarsMultiverse, recall 12E050, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/12e050/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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