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2002 Afx Fx-3 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 2, 2010
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 2, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2002 Afx Fx-3. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 2, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported1 death reported

FEMALE PASSENGER DIED FROM HEAD INJURY IN LOW SPEED MOTORCYCLE CRASH WHILE WEARING AFX MODEL FX-10 HELMET. *TR

NHTSA ID
10353441
Incident
Apr 27, 2008
BrakesElectricalSuspension
Filed Mar 9, 2009

2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE- SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING LIGHT COMES ON, RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKS WHEN TURNING RIGHT. DEALER INSTALLED A CLIP TO HARNESS UNDER STEERING COLUMN TO FIX. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *TR

NHTSA ID
10261126
Incident
Mar 6, 2009
Mileage
26,130 mi
Driver assistanceElectrical
Filed Nov 7, 2007
Crash reported1 injury reported

I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM WORK AND WAS JUST STARTING TO BRAKE TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO MY CRESCENT WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY. I DROVE UP ONTO THE CURB AND TOOK OUT TWO SECTIONS OF FENCE AND TURNED MY WHEEL HARD TO AVOID HITTING A PARKED CAR, THE ACCELERATION FINALLY STOPPED WHEN I CRANKED THE WHEEL, NO EFFECT WHEN I WAS BRAKING AT ALL! I HAVE INJURED MUSCLES IN MY NECK AND BACK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10208208
Incident
Nov 6, 2007
Other / unspecified
Filed Nov 2, 2007

AFX FX3 RECALLED HELMETS ARE STILL ON THE MARKET. A FRIEND OF MINE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE AN AFX FX3 HELMET, STILL IN THE BOX, IN SEPTEMBER, 2007. IF EVER THERE WAS A HELMET THAT IS NOT "COMPLIANT" WITH FMVSS 218, IT IS THE ONES DEEMED NON-COMPLIANT ACCORDING TO THE RECALLS DATABASE. THIS HELMET HAS THE DOT LABEL ON THE EXTERIOR AND ALL THE LABELS TO SHOW IT IS COMPLIANT. 100% OF PEOPLE SURVEYED AT RALEIGH BIKEFEST ON 9/29 AND 9/30 BELIEVED THE AFX FX3 IS COMPLIANT. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE BEGIN RECALL DATE WAS MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER THE REPORT DATE, AND WHY BRAND NEW AFX HELMETS ARE STILL BEING SOLD, FOUR YEARS AFTER THE RECALL. THE NUMBER OF FAILURES INDICATED IN THIS COMPLAINT IS 1, BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE OVER 30,000 ON THE MARKET OR ON PEOPLES HEADS. THE RECALL SYSTEM IS A FAILURE, YET YOU ARE PUSHING FOR STATES TO PROSECUTE MOTORCYCLISTS WHEN YOU SHOULD BE PUSHING MANUFACTURERS TO COMPLY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10207749
Incident
Sep 29, 2007

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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