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2009 Buell XB12XT Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 12, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 12, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Buell XB12XT. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Mar 12, 2009

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 BUELL XB12XT MOTORCYCLE. 3 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE, I PARKED THE MOTORCYCLE ON ITS KICK STAND FACING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY, WHICH HAS A SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD SLOPE. THE MOTORCYCLE RESTED ON ITS KICK STAND AS NORMAL. I STARTED THE ENGINE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL TO LET IT WARM UP AND WALKED BACK TO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR. THE VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE CAUSED THE KICKSTAND TO MOVE OUT OF THE LOCK POSITION AND ALLOWED THE MOTORCYCLE TO FALL OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING $428 OF DAMAGE TO THE MOTORCYCLE JUST IN THE COST OF REPLACEMENT PARTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ONLY BECAUSE I HAD WALKED AWAY FROM THE MOTORCYCLE. IF I HAD BEEN STANDING NEXT TO IT, I COULD HAVE BEEN PINNED UNDER A MOTORCYCLE THAT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 500 POUNDS. THIS DEFECT COULD ALSO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY, DEATH, OR SEVERE BURNS, ESPECIALLY TO SMALL CHILDREN WHO COULD BE TRAPPED UNDER THE FALLEN MOTORCYCLE. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL OTHER MOTORCYCLES AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10261634
Incident
Mar 10, 2009
Mileage
93 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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