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Buell S1

Every Buell S1 model year on file, 1996 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years32 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years31996 to 1998
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1996 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 67% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.511.521996219971998
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Buell S1 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
2
Engine and cooling
1
Electrical system
1
Steering
1
Equipment
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Buell S1 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Buell S1 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Not decoded0NoneNone110
1997Not decoded10.0100100
1996Motorcycle2100.0100110
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Buell S1

  • 98V-036 Feb 23, 1998
    Vehicle description: motorcycles
    Lighting ยท 4,724 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.