Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Buell S3

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
1
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

1 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Unknown OR Other
    1
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW Beam Dimmer Switch
    1
  • Power Train
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TAIL Lights
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
98V036000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL1998-02-23

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."

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

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TURN SIGNAL LAMPS ON THESE MOTORCYCLES.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE03043·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES2003-09-23 → 2003-10-30

THROTTLE FAILS TO RETURN TO IDLE

Led to recall03V427000

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