Auto News – Wildfire Motors Recalls the Ugliest Vehicle in the World

Wildfire Motors is a vehicle company based out of Steubenville, Ohio. They sell scooters, motorcycles, ATVs and dirt bikes. Some of their vehicles are road-ready, too, but that doesn’t mean anyone should drive their three-wheel offerings. 

Last week, the company recalled 202 WF650-C vehicles that were built between April 2008 and January 2009 because of a lack of a label to alert owners to maintain their brake systems. The WF650-C only has one brake fluid reservoir instead of the typical two, and no warning lamps that would indicate a brake failure.

The possibility of a brake failure is greater in vehicles with fewer reservoirs, and a leak in the reservoir could cause the entire system to fail suddenly. Which, when you look at the WF650-C, wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen to the car (ie; the system failing):

 

Absolutely hideous, no? Wildfire produces another of these three-wheeled gems called the Snyder, too, that are free:

Can’t go wrong with free.

These vehicles might be optical illusions because they look like they can topple over if passengers overload one side of the car. Especially the first one above that looks like a three-legged minivan.

 

 The truck above is carrying all four that sold in 2011. They seem fake and make my head hurt.

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  • DGinBG

    I have the 2009 Wildfire 800C They only imported 8 of these. That’s 8 too many. The truth about these vehicles is they are genuine POS. The rubber products used are substandard and fail where used with petroleum products. Yes, the gas line is eaten up in 1 year, the brake lines fail also. The spark plug wires are junk, The brake cylinder leaks fluid on the floor or your pant leg. You can’t buy new seals, and you can’t get New Master brake cylinders from the company. (As if they would be any good anyway) Ooh yeah, the ignition switch is poorly made and will pop itself apart and spew it’s guts out from under the dash. Would you buy another one from them? You can’t get a proper replacement for it either. The plastic window cranks break off very easily even when there is no drag on the window. Mine is the same as the 650c except it has the 4 cylinder 800 cc engine, and it’s ready to blow apart at 65 MPH. 70 MPG? rightttt. More like 15mpg. Did you ever think about where your front wheel is riding? It is riding on the part of the lane that nobody else uses, it’s all distorted and bumpy. Warranty?!!!!? What the Hell is a warranty? I bought mine new and they have NEVER replaced any of my junk parts,…..mine only has 1002 miles on it. Right now I have just modified an ignition switch to work in my car just today. I’m still trying to repair the Master brake unit, and the company won’t help at all. I ordered a new replacement thru a “Dealer” and they sent used stuff from a junkyard, and it isn’t even possible to use it with the car. It’s different and the company won’t take a return or give a refund. If you are foolish enough to buy one of these POS, Never Never try to zing around ANY corner. And,…did you know you don’t have any windshield washers? No it isn’t an option,…They don’t exist. I used a washer from a GM car and installed my own jets on the base of the windshield panel. surprisingly enough, there is a extra plug under the dash in the wiring harness that will work just perfectly. I have told Wildfire Motors about how I’ve done this so they might tell you that it can be done. My car has been unusable for about 4 years now because of lack of replacement parts. For two of these years at least, they have not been able to get parts because U.S. Customs has held up their parts, probably still are. The car is roomy, but that is the only good point I can think of. Actually I may just replace the drivetrain with a brand name motorcycle engine and trans. At least I’ll have some chance of finding parts, and the engine will crank much higher RPM so I can keep up with traffic. until I hit ANOTHER dog, like this one.

    • Eric

      Where are you in the USA? Interested in selling it? I’m looking for one of those 3 wheeled vehicles to do a custom job on. I’d rather not buy new to just hack it.

  • Eric

    I want one. Running or not, I want one. Have been looking but cannot find any here in the southern Nevada area.