Hci 100, model year 9999. Filed by Helmet City, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 18 July 2014. 1,755 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Helmet City, Inc. (HCI) is recalling certain HCI Model 100 L, XL, and XXL motorcycle helmets manufactured in August 2012. The helmets fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 14E043 cover?
- Hci 100.
- What is wrong with them?
- Helmet City, Inc. (HCI) is recalling certain HCI Model 100 L, XL, and XXL motorcycle helmets manufactured in August 2012. The helmets fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, the rider may be at an increased risk of a head injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. HCI will notify owners, and distributors will replace the old helmet with a new helmet with a production date of 2014, free of charge. The recall began on September 24, 2014. Owners may contact HCI customer service at 1-888-550-3731.
- 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: “In the event of a crash, the rider may be at an increased risk of a head injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 14E043 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Helmet City, Inc. |
| System at fault | Equipment:Motorcycle:Helmets |
| Reported to NHTSA | 18 July 2014 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | HCI 100 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, the rider may be at an increased risk of a head injury.
The remedy
HCI will notify owners, and distributors will replace the old helmet with a new helmet with a production date of 2014, free of charge. The recall began on September 24, 2014. Owners may contact HCI customer service at 1-888-550-3731.
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.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 14E043, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/14e043/
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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Other Hci notices we hold
- 16E010: model 115 German helmets, size XL, manufactured from April 1, 2014, through April 30, 2014
- 16E008: model 100 motorcycle helmets, sizes Medium and X-Large, both in Gloss Black, manufactured from December 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013
All 3 Hci campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
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- Defect summary
ac797a75 - Consequence
ac5ccf4c - Remedy
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