{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=BUELL","name":"BUELL","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-10T00:23:51.160Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":23,"deaths":5,"injured":18,"fires":3},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":2},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC","n":2},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","n":2},{"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","n":2},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":2},{"component_desc":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","n":1},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES","n":1},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":1},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:REAR","n":1},{"component_desc":"SUSPENSION","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1164067","date_received":"2015-03-09","make":"BUELL","model":"S3 THUNDERBOLT","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","description":"I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. LEAVING A STOP, THE ENGINE WENT TO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. THE BIKE WHEELIED, I FELL OFF AT ABOUT 35 MPH.  THE ENGINE THROTTLE STAYED WIDE OPEN UNTIL THE BANK ANGLE SENSOR SHUT IT DOWN. I INJURED MY LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW. WHEN I GOT THE BUELL HOME AND INVESTIGATED, I FOUND THE THROTTLE BODY SHAFT HAD FRACTURED AT THE FIRST SCREW HOLE, LEAVING THE BUTTERFLY FREE TO GO WIDE OPEN. LOOKING AT THE BUELL ENTHUSIAST'S WEBSITE \"BADWEATHER BIKERS\", I FIND THAT THROTTLE SHAFT BREAKAGE IS NOT UNCOMMON IN FUEL-INJECTED 1999 - 2007 BUELLS. SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, AS I DID.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1164067"},{"cmplid":"1164068","date_received":"2015-03-09","make":"BUELL","model":"S3 THUNDERBOLT","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"I EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. LEAVING A STOP, THE ENGINE WENT TO WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. THE BIKE WHEELIED, I FELL OFF AT ABOUT 35 MPH.  THE ENGINE THROTTLE STAYED WIDE OPEN UNTIL THE BANK ANGLE SENSOR SHUT IT DOWN. I INJURED MY LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW. WHEN I GOT THE BUELL HOME AND INVESTIGATED, I FOUND THE THROTTLE BODY SHAFT HAD FRACTURED AT THE FIRST SCREW HOLE, LEAVING THE BUTTERFLY FREE TO GO WIDE OPEN. LOOKING AT THE BUELL ENTHUSIAST'S WEBSITE \"BADWEATHER BIKERS\", I FIND THAT THROTTLE SHAFT BREAKAGE IS NOT UNCOMMON IN FUEL-INJECTED 1999 - 2007 BUELLS. SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, AS I DID.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1164068"},{"cmplid":"1095678","date_received":"2014-08-08","make":"BUELL","model":"XB12XT","model_year":2008,"deaths":1,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES","description":"36 Y/O MAN RIDING THIS MOTORCYCLE MAY HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD START TO COME OFF AND PREVENTED HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO STOP. FAQUIER CO SHERIFF RESPONDED TO TRUCK HITTING MOTORCYCLE WHO COULDN'T STOP. MAN PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON ADEN RD IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA ON AUG 5, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM. POLICE AND WITNESS REPORT SAID MAN TRIED TO STOP HIS MOTORCYCLE BUT COULDN'T.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1095678"},{"cmplid":"1095679","date_received":"2014-08-08","make":"BUELL","model":"XB12XT","model_year":2008,"deaths":1,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","description":"36 Y/O MAN RIDING THIS MOTORCYCLE MAY HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD START TO COME OFF AND PREVENTED HIM FROM BEING ABLE TO STOP. FAQUIER CO SHERIFF RESPONDED TO TRUCK HITTING MOTORCYCLE WHO COULDN'T STOP. MAN PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE ON ADEN RD IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA ON AUG 5, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM. POLICE AND WITNESS REPORT SAID MAN TRIED TO STOP HIS MOTORCYCLE BUT COULDN'T.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1095679"},{"cmplid":"943545","date_received":"2012-10-09","make":"BUELL","model":"1125R","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 BUELL 1125R MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW BATTERY WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE STATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/943545"},{"cmplid":"885391","date_received":"2011-10-14","make":"BUELL","model":"1125R","model_year":2008,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"STATOR FAILURE ALONG WITH A CLUTCH LEAK THAT CAUSED OIL TO GET ON THE BACK TIRE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BIKE WAS TOTALLED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/885391"},{"cmplid":"885392","date_received":"2011-10-14","make":"BUELL","model":"1125R","model_year":2008,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN","description":"STATOR FAILURE ALONG WITH A CLUTCH LEAK THAT CAUSED OIL TO GET ON THE BACK TIRE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BIKE WAS TOTALLED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/885392"},{"cmplid":"842285","date_received":"2011-02-15","make":"BUELL","model":"1125","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2009 HARLEY DAVIDSON BUELL MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE WAS EMITTING FUMES AND FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE VENT LINE.  THE MOTORCYCLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DID NOT PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ADD GASOLINE TO THE FUEL TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,168.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/842285"},{"cmplid":"628413","date_received":"2007-06-19","make":"BUELL","model":"XB12X","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","description":"2006 BUELL ULYSSES XB12X CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE FRONT BRAKE PULSES RAPIDLY DURING BRAKING AND MAKES IT HARD TO CONTROL THE MOTORCYCLE AND THIS IS WHAT CAUSED HIS ACCIDENT AND HE BELIEVES THAT IT'S A DEFECTED MACHINE**CC  THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A LETTER WRITTEN TO BUELL BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/628413"},{"cmplid":"624219","date_received":"2007-05-15","make":"BUELL","model":"XB12X","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BUELL XB12X.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN CRASHED WHILE MAKING A TURN.  THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE.  THE FAILURE IS THE SAME AS NOTED IN RECALL # 07V026000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP), BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED.  THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR ROAD RASH AND BRUISES DUE TO THE CRASH.  THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE CRASH.  THE # OF CYLINDERS WAS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89.  THE CONSUMER STATED HE TOOK THE BIKE TO TWO SEPARATE DEALERS, ONE STATED IT WAS THE SPARK PLUGS,  REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE BIKE STALLED AGAIN, TOOK THE BIKE TO THE OTHER DEALER STATED IT WAS FIXED AND ONCE AGAIN THE BIKE STALLED.  UPDATED 06/08/07  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/624219"},{"cmplid":"620860","date_received":"2007-05-04","make":"BUELL","model":"XB12X","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","description":"2006 BUELL ULYSSES XB12X WITH A BANK ANGLE SENSOR MALFUNCTION CUSTOMER BELIEVES THAT THE SENSOR MALFUNCTION CAUSED HIS ACCIDENT**CC  CONSUMER STATES MOTORCYCLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND WAS ISSUED A TICKET FOR CARELESS DRIVING AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT AND CONSUMER ALSO STATES HE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. UPDATE * 4/16TR  THE CONSUMER HAS PROVIDED A LETTER FROM OF CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING AN ACCIDENT WITH A BUELL MOTORCYCLE AND COPY OF THE RECALL LETTER.  UPDATE 05/14/07*TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/620860"},{"cmplid":"579615","date_received":"2006-04-18","make":"BUELL","model":"BLAST P3","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE","description":"THE REAR COG DISINTEGRATED WHILE RIDING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65 MPH).  FORTUNATELY I AS THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED, HOWEVER THE BUELL SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE REAR SECTION DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE REAR COG.  THE PLASTICS, REAR INDICATOR LAMPS, REAR WHEEL AND FRAME WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR.  AFTER EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION WITH THE BUELL CORP. THEY MADE THE DECISION TO REPAIR THE MOTORCYCLE AS THERE HAD ALREADY BEEN A RECALL ON THIS MODEL (2000 BUELL BLAST) AND IT HAD SUPPOSEDLY BEEN SATISFIED IN 2001 BY ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS.  AS A SIDE NOTE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 3200 MILES ON IT.  *NM","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/579615"},{"cmplid":"475488","date_received":"2004-05-14","make":"BUELL","model":"S1","model_year":1996,"deaths":1,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL","description":"I OWNED A 1997 BUELL. IT HAD 8 SAFTEY RECALLS ISSUED BY NASTA. OF THESE 8 RECALLS I ALLOWED THE DEALER TO DO REPAIRS. THREE OF THESE \"REPAIRS\" FAILED SHORTLY AFTER THEY WERE COMPLETED. ONE FAILED ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER. I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES TO CONTACT NASTA AND BUELL ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. THE PERSON THAT I SOLD MY BUELL TO WAS KILLED. HE DIED BECAUSE RECALL #4 FAILED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/475488"},{"cmplid":"360755","date_received":"2002-07-08","make":"BUELL","model":"BUELL","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR","description":"WHILE RIDING AT 70 MPH MOTORCYCLE HANDLE BARS SHAKE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS CAUSES CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE OSCILLATING HANDLE FIXED. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A STEERING DAMPER FAILURE AND IT WAS REPLACED. *YH","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/360755"},{"cmplid":"360756","date_received":"2002-07-08","make":"BUELL","model":"BUELL","model_year":2002,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"WHILE RIDING AT 70 MPH MOTORCYCLE HANDLE BARS SHAKE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS CAUSES CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK  THE CONSUMER TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE OSCILLATING HANDLE FIXED. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A STEERING DAMPER FAILURE AND IT WAS REPLACED. *YH","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/360756"},{"cmplid":"332412","date_received":"2002-01-29","make":"BUELL","model":"M2","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":1,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SUSPENSION:REAR","description":"REAR SHOCK THAT WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE AS A RECALL ITEM HAS FAILED. *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/332412"},{"cmplid":"332413","date_received":"2002-01-29","make":"BUELL","model":"M2","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"THIS PART WAS REPLACED AS A RECALL ITEM. THE REPLACEMENT PART FAILED IMMEDIATLY. THE DEALER WAS NOT GIVEN ATHORIZATION TO DO THIS RECALL. THEY WOULD NOT RELEASE MY VEHICLE WITHOUT IT BEING DONE. THIS WAS '!@#$%. THEN THE RECALLED PART FAILED IMMEDIATELY. I WANT TO BE CONTACTED. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/332413"},{"cmplid":"405348","date_received":"2001-06-01","make":"BUELL","model":"M2","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","description":"REAR BRAKE IS SO INEFFECTIVE IT CAN NOT LOCK UP TIRE ABOVE 25 MPH, MANUFACTURE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS HOW THEY INTENDED THE DESIGN TO BE \"HIGH EFFORT\".  THEY HAVE NO FIX AND DO NOT INTEND TO PURSUE ONE.  ALTHOUGH REAR BRAKE IS ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE STOPPING POWER IN A STRAIGHT LINE STOP, IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IN A TURN SUCH AS AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER.  I HOPE THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR A REAR BRAKE ON A MOTORCYCLE INCLUDES THAT IT FUNCTIONS TO A MINIMAL LEVEL, ABLE TO STOP OR LOCK-UP THE REAR TIRE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH.  *SCC    ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****746249","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/405348"},{"cmplid":"255558","date_received":"2000-11-06","make":"BUELL","model":"S1 WHITE LIGHTNING","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC","description":"BRAKE LEVER LIGHTLY TOUCHED AS I WAS GOING INTO THE THE TURN @ 25 MPH, NO BRAKE CONTROL BIKE LEANED INSTEAD OF DOWN, AND I WENT INTO THE DITCH AND FRACTURED MYN PELVIS. THERE ARE 4 KNOW ACCOUNTS OF THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT, ONE WAS BY A DEALER MECHANIC OF WHICH I PURCHASED THE MOTORCYCLE FROM HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE BIKE AND BRAKES HE HAD SERVICED. HE HAD A CAR BRAKE INFRONT OF HIM AND HE TOUCHED THE BRAKES A LITTLE AND THE BIKE WENT DOWN, MY BEST FRIEND HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HIM AND I HAVE READ ARTICLES @ WWW.BADWEATHERBIKERS.COM ON SIMILAR INCIDENTS. THE SAME MODELS AND MAKES OF THE EQUIPMENT ARE THE SAME.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/255558"},{"cmplid":"215070","date_received":"2000-06-06","make":"BUELL","model":"M2 CYCLONE","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC","description":"WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, MOTORCYCLE FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP, CAUSING A CRASH AND INJURIES.  AFTER CRASH DRIVER SAW FLAMES COMING FROM THE CALIBER ON THE FRONT WHEEL.   *AK *ML","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/215070"}]}