Consumer Complaint Detail

BUELL / XB12R / 2006

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007096094 Incident Date: Dec, 31 2006
Consumer's City: ROYSE CITY Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BUELL MOTORCYCLE CO.
Model Name: XB12R Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 20 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Nov, 13 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 2 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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