1998 Buell Thunderbolt

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear › shock absorber. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Rear › Shock Absorber1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension › Rear › Shock Absorber
Filed Sep 30, 1999NY

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH DEALER NOT HONORING TWO MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS SINCE JUL 9 1999. DEALER KEEPS INFORMING CONSUMER THAT PARTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED ON THE SWING ARM AND THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBER EYE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1998 — this page1000Routine
19971000Routine
19961000Routine
19952000Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.