2010 Wheego Whip Lsv
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
Have the VIN?
Vehicles › Wheego › Whip Lsv › 2010
These records cover every 2010 Wheego Whip Lsv. To see whether one car still needs a recall repair, decode its VIN or check it with NHTSA.
Recalls
1 recall names the 2010 Wheego Whip Lsv. Newest first.
Wheego IS recalling certain model year 2010 wheego whip lsv low-speed vehicles manufactured from january 1 through july 31, 2009. the reflex reflectors on the side and the rear of the vehicle may not have sufficient reflective quality and therefore fail to meet the minimum requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 500, "low-speed vehicles."
Risk and remedy
Risk
Insufficient exterior reflective light could result in a vehicle crash.
Remedy
Wheego will send instructions and 4 compliant reflex reflectors to all dealers and owners free of charge for adhesion to the affected vehicles. the safety recall began on july 21, 2010. owners may contact wheego at 1-678-904-4795.
Owner complaints
1 complaints1 involved a crash
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Electrical system · Engine · Vehicle speed control
Cincinnati oh, on january 21, 2015, the same day as an overpass collapse that paralyzed the city and necessitated the full deployment of all available police personnel to direct traffic, my 2010 wheego whip lsv vehicle registered a code 73 and suffered an immediate and total loss of engine function…
Cincinnati oh, on january 21, 2015, the same day as an overpass collapse that paralyzed the city and necessitated the full deployment of all available police personnel to direct traffic, my 2010 wheego whip lsv vehicle registered a code 73 and suffered an immediate and total loss of engine function while traveling at the speed of traffic. a cincinnati police detective who happened to be present at the scene pushed the car into a lot. The detective needed help from two passerbys to move the vehicle due to excessive resistance. The computer malfunction hard- engaged the regenerative brakes. wheego tech support reported that a code 73 error IS caused by failure of the vehicle computer to communicate with one or more of the four tachometric sensors that report torque. The wheego whip lsv, unlike most cars, IS programmed to immediately cease motor function if communication with the tachometer IS lost. The wheego whip lsv utilizes optical tachometric sensors, which are known to be less reliable than mechanical tachometric sensors. wheego reports the tachometric sensors are known to have a limited service life (they estimate about 1-3 years, including shelf life - this vehicle had 1000 miles of light driving on it when the sensor failed) and are prone to sudden and random failure, an event which causes the engine to instantly shut down. this IS inherently extremely dangerous because it means that the failure of a part known to be susceptible to random failure will cause a random loss of motor function while the car IS traveling at the speed of traffic. The whip lsv should be banned from the road until the fault IS corrected. Possible fixes include replacing the optical sensor with a more reliable mechanical sensor or reprogramming the vehicle computer so it does not shut down the car when communication with the sensor IS lost. *tr