Suomy Apex-S1r-Ex, model year 9999. Filed by Suomy SPA and reported to NHTSA on 13 February 2015. 390 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Suomy SPA (Suomy) is recalling certain Apex-S1R-EX motorcycle helmets, sizes Extra Small, Small, and Medium manufactured January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2013. The affected motorcycle helmets may not meet the penetration requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 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 15E006 cover?
- Suomy Apex-S1R-Ex.
- What is wrong with them?
- Suomy SPA (Suomy) is recalling certain Apex-S1R-EX motorcycle helmets, sizes Extra Small, Small, and Medium manufactured January 1, 2013, to July 31, 2013. The affected motorcycle helmets may not meet the penetration requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a motorcycle crash, the wearer may not be adequately protected, increasing the risk of personal injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. The remedy for this recall is still under development. The recall began on July 1, 2015. For more information owners may contact Suomy Motosport America Customer Relations by email at: Jim@Suomy.com
- 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 motorcycle crash, the wearer may not be adequately protected, increasing the risk of personal injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15E006 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Suomy SPA |
| System at fault | Equipment:Motorcycle:Helmets |
| Reported to NHTSA | 13 February 2015 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | SUOMY APEX-S1R-EX |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a motorcycle crash, the wearer may not be adequately protected, increasing the risk of personal injury.
The remedy
The remedy for this recall is still under development. The recall began on July 1, 2015. For more information owners may contact Suomy Motosport America Customer Relations by email at: Jim@Suomy.com
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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15E006, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15e006/
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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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15E006 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
9300b56f - Consequence
cd4a2256 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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