Recall Register

Motobecane: recalls by model and year

NHTSA lists 2 vehicle recall campaigns for Motobecane. The register has 1 model line of the make, model years 1974 to 1979. NHTSA has no complaint on file for the make.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model lines

1 model line, in the order of the number of complaints.

Motobecane: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model lineModel yearsCampaignsComplaintsComplaints for each model yearComponent with the most mentions
Motobecane6200.0

This table compares the model lines of Motobecane only. The NHTSA files have no sales figures. A model line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints. This site does not compare one make with a different make.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Newest recall campaigns

The newest 2 of 2.

  1. 79V173000Received . 10,854 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles do not contain labels identifying the manual chokes. This absence constitutes a non-compliance to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 123, "motorcycle controls and displays".
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will install the manual choke label without charge.

    Report filed by MOTOBECANE AMERICA, LTD.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: . The campaign has 5 make, model and year entries.

  2. 79V172000Received . 41,207 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The tire, rim and inflation manual choke labels are missing from the involved vehicles. This constitutes a non-compliance to federal motor vehicle safety standard nos. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars", and 123, "motorcycle controls and displays".
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install the missing labels without charge to owners.

    Report filed by MOTOBECANE AMERICA, LTD.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: . The campaign has 3 make, model and year entries.

Download all 2 campaigns of Motobecane (CSV)

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name Motobecane vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report.
Complaints about Motobecane vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Motobecane: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/motobecane/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Investigations that name the make
0
Units in the campaigns
52,061

Manufacturers in the recall file: MOTOBECANE AMERICA, LTD..

The make name is the name in the NHTSA files. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Motobecane model lines are on the register?
One: the Motobecane, with 2 recall campaigns and no complaint.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for Motobecane?
52,061 units in 2 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.