Avon Viper Stryke, model year 9999. Filed by Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 29 September 2017. 245 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc. (Max-Trac) is recalling certain Avon Viper Stryke tires, sizes 120/70R14, 120/70R15, 160/60R14, and 160/60R15, manufactured from January 4, 2015 through April 8, 2017. A bulge may develop in the tread or the tread may separate from the tire. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the …
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Avon's own number for this recall: 169. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17T016 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 17T016 cover?
- Avon Viper Stryke.
- What is wrong with them?
- Max-Trac Tire Co., Inc. (Max-Trac) is recalling certain Avon Viper Stryke tires, sizes 120/70R14, 120/70R15, 160/60R14, and 160/60R15, manufactured from January 4, 2015 through April 8, 2017. A bulge may develop in the tread or the tread may separate from the tire.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A bulge in the tread or a tread separation can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Max-Trac will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began on October 23, 2017. Owners may contact Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America at 1-800-642-7470 extension 3159. Max-Trac's number for this recall is 169.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Avon calls this recall 169, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “A bulge in the tread or a tread separation can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17T016 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | MAX-TRAC TIRE CO., INC. |
| System at fault | Tires:Tread/Belt |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 September 2017 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | AVON VIPER STRYKE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A bulge in the tread or a tread separation can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Max-Trac will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires, free of charge. The recall began on October 23, 2017. Owners may contact Avon Motorcycle Tyres North America at 1-800-642-7470 extension 3159. Max-Trac's number for this recall is 169.
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 455 notices in the record whose component field names tires. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 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 17T016, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17t016/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
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 17T016 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
4756bae9 - Consequence
6d03ce12 - 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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