Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1997 Buell M2

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Unknown or Other1
002
Suspension › Rear1
112
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal98V036000
Filed Feb 23, 19984,724 vehiclesBuell Motorcycle Co.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. FAILURE OF ONE OR MORE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS WOULD NOT BE INDICATED TO THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE (NO NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE FLASHING RATE OF THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR LIGHT). THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."

Risk. AN OPERATOR WOULD NOT BE AWARE THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS WERE NOT WORKING.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS ON THESE MOTORCYCLES.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › RearCrashFire2 injured
Filed Jan 29, 2002OH

REAR SHOCK THAT WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE AS A RECALL ITEM HAS FAILED. *AK

Unknown or Other2 injured
Filed Jan 29, 2002OH

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

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 5, 1999OH

DEALER NOTIFIED OWNER NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE FRONT ISOLATOR MOTOR MOUNT. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20022100Routine
19990100Routine
19981100Routine
1997 — this page3110Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Feb 23, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.