Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Feb 23, 2007800 milesPA
THE LIGHTS ON MY 07 FIREBOLT ARE STARTING TO DIM. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THE REFLECTIVE LIGHT HOUSING MATERIAL IS DETERIORATING CAUSING BAD ILLUMINATION. *NM
2006 Buell XB12R
Routine
Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › headlights. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exterior Lighting › Headlights | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsExterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Feb 22, 20075,000 milesGA
REFLECTIVE SURFACE INSIDE OF HEADLIGHTS HAS DEGRADED TO THE POINT THAT THE BIKE CANNOT BE SAFELY RIDDEN AFTER DARK. *JB
Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Feb 21, 20071,000 milesTX
THE HEADLIGHT ASSESMBLY IS AN EXTREMLY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE, MY LOW BEAM IS SO DIM THAT I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER TWICE. ALL XB FIREBOLT MODELS HAVE THIS SAME FLAW. SOME HAVE EVEN CAUGHT FIRE. SEE HTTP://WWW.BADWEATHERBIKERS.COM/BUELL/MESSAGES/4062/249692.HTML?1170945540 THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE REFLECTORS INSIDE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES DEGRADE VERY RAPIDLY DUE TO THE HEAT AND CHEAP MATERIALS. BMC HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND STILL HAS NOT ADDRESSED IT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY ACT? *NM
Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Feb 14, 20073,500 miles00
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT HAS GRADUALLY BECOME DIM. WHEN THE LIGHT WAS OPENED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SILVER COATING ON THE INSIDE OF THE REFLECTOR HAS DEGRADED AND BLISTERED LEADING TO REDUCED LIGHT OUTPUT. THE REDUCED LIGHT OUTPUT PUTS THE RIDER AT RISK DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT REFLECTOR VIA A WARRANTY CLAIM THROUGH THE DEALER. *NM
4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.