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2003 American Wire Wheel Superspokeii 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 May 27, 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 Sep 26, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2003 American Wire Wheel Superspokeii. 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

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Other / unspecified
Filed May 27, 2010

PETITION FOR DEFECT INVESTIGATION *TGW A PETITION FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY DAYTON WHEEL CONCEPTS, INC. IN OCTOBER 2002 NHTSA CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPERSPOKE A REPLACEMENT MOTORCYCLE WHEEL MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN WIRE WHEELS, INC. FOLLOWING REPORTS OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURES. NHTSA LEARNED THAT AMERICAN WIRE WHEEL, INC. ASSETS HAD BEEN SOLD TO DAYTON WHEEL AND CONTACTED DAYTON WHEEL ABOUT THE CONTINUED MANUFACTURING OF THE SUPERSPOKES AND THE SUPERSPOKE II MOTORCYCLE WHEELS. IN RESPONDING TO NHTSA INQUIRES, THE PRESIDENT OF DAYTON WHEEL, FALSELY REPRESENTED TO NHTSA THAT THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER PRODUCTION OF THE SUPERSPOKE II WHEELS, NOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUPERSPOKE WHEEL OR ANY SIMILAR DESIGN UNTIL DAYTON FELT CONFIDENT THAT IT COULD PRODUCE A SAFE DURABLE WHEEL. NONETHELESS, DAYTON STARTED PRODUCTION OF THE BA WHEEL IN LATE 2003. THE SUPERSPOKE AND SUPERSPOKE II HAD BEEN RECALLED DUE TO SAFETY VIOLATIONS.

NHTSA ID
10332764
Incident
Jan 1, 1901
Other / unspecified
Filed Sep 26, 2003

MY 80 SPOKE AMERICAN WIRE WHEEL(AWW) SPLIT AT THE BACK RIM AND SPOKES BROKE ON MY HARLEY DAVIDSON DRESSER. I WAS TRAVELING THRUOGH CHICAGO ON MY WAY BACK FROM THE 100 YEAR HARLEY ANNIVERSARY IN MILWAUKEE.

NHTSA ID
10039572
Incident
Sep 1, 2003

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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