Buell X1Years to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 4 owner complaints and 2 safety recalls on record for the Buell X1.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years—Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints4Top: Vehicle speed control Safety recalls21999–2002 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Buell X1 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the X1 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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'99'00'02

Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

2002Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall 2000Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls 1999Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Buell X1 problems

All model years combined: 4 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

2Vehicle speed control2 crash/fire/injury

1Engine and engine cooling

1Suspension

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Vehicle speed control	2	2
Engine and engine cooling	1	0
Suspension	1	0

2 recalls

Buell X1 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Front: shock absorber02V-003 · 2002 · Jan 4, 2002 · 387 vehicles Suspension: rear98V-199 · 1999 · Aug 25, 1998 · 136 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the X1

Sep 23, 2003
THROTTLE FAILS TO RETURN TO IDLEPE03043 · 1999–2000 · closed Oct 30, 2003
Led to recall 03V-427