2003 American Wire Wheel Superspokeii Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2003 American Wire Wheel Superspokeii, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Other / unspecified2100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Other / unspecified
Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.
From owner reports, verbatim
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.
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.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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