Badass Metalhead 2.5, model year 9999. Filed by Badass Helmet Company and reported to NHTSA on 4 April 2018. 64 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Badass Helmet Company (Badass Helmet) is recalling certain Metalhead 2.5 helmets. These helmets may not adequately protect the wearer in the event of a head impact during a motorcycle crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 218, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18E020 cover?
- Badass Metalhead 2.5.
- What is wrong with them?
- Badass Helmet Company (Badass Helmet) is recalling certain Metalhead 2.5 helmets. These helmets may not adequately protect the wearer in the event of a head impact during a motorcycle crash.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A helmet that fails to meet the safety requirements can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Badass Helmet will notify owners, and issue a full refund. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Badass Helmet customer service at 1-866-334-3563.
- 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: “A helmet that fails to meet the safety requirements can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18E020 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Badass Helmet Company |
| System at fault | Equipment:Motorcycle:Helmets |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 April 2018 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | BADASS METALHEAD 2.5 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A helmet that fails to meet the safety requirements can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
Badass Helmet will notify owners, and issue a full refund. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Badass Helmet customer service at 1-866-334-3563.
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 18E020, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18e020/
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.
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- Defect summary
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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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