Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

2009 Buell 1125CR

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
44
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

44 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical System
    41
  • Engine
    10
  • Exterior Lighting
    7
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    2
  • Engine AND Engine Cooling
    2
  • Equipment ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
08V554000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING2008-10-20

BUELL IS RECALLING 140 MY 2009 1125CR MOTORCYCLES. THESE MOTORCYCLES CAN EXPERIENCE A PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE REAR CYLINDER CAM CHAIN TENSION GUIDE (PART NUMBER F0020.1AM). THIS CAN CAUSE PLASTIC DEBRIS TO BLOCK THE OIL PUMP SCREEN, POSSIBLY LEADING TO OIL STARVATION AND ENGINE SEIZURE.

RiskTHIS CONDITION MAY ALLOW THE ENGINE TO SEIZE, RESULTING IN REAR WHEEL LOCK-UP. THIS COULD RESULT IN A CRASH, WHICH COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH TO THE RIDER.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR CAM CHAIN TENSIONER. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUELL AT 1-414-342-4680.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE12035·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR2012-11-16 → 2013-04-16

Motorcycle Stalling

PE10004·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY2010-01-25 → 2010-05-10

SUDDEN FUEL EXPULSION

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