Preliminary Evaluation · Closed
THROTTLE FAILS TO RETURN TO IDLE
Action number
PE03043
Opened
Sep 23, 2003
Closed
Oct 30, 2003
Outcome
Recall 03V427000
Manufacturer: BUELL MOTORCYCLE CO.
This investigation led to a recall
NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 03V427000.
Read the recall: what is defective and the free fix →What NHTSA is examining
To address the problem described above, buell is recalling those fuel-injected motorcycles that it built without a throttle cable control clamp.for more information on this subject, please refer to the memorandum entitled the scope of buell's safety recall, 03v-427 copy attached.
Vehicles under investigation
2001 Buell Blast P31997 Buell Buell1997 Buell Cyclone2000 Buell Cyclone1997 Buell M2 Cyclone1998 Buell M2 Cyclone1999 Buell M2 Cyclone2000 Buell M2 Cyclone1997 Buell M21998 Buell M21999 Buell M21996 Buell S1 Lightning1997 Buell S1 Lightning1998 Buell S1 Lightning1997 Buell S1 White Lightning1998 Buell S1 White Lightning1996 Buell S11998 Buell S11998 Buell S1W White Lightning1999 Buell S1W White Lightning1998 Buell S1W1995 Buell S2 Thunderbolt1996 Buell S2 Thunderbolt1995 Buell S21996 Buell S21995 Buell S2T1996 Buell S2T1997 Buell S3 Thunderbolt1998 Buell S3 Thunderbolt1999 Buell S3 Thunderbolt2000 Buell S3 Thunderbolt1997 Buell S31998 Buell S31999 Buell S31997 Buell S3T Thunderbolt1998 Buell S3T Thunderbolt2000 Buell S3T Thunderbolt1997 Buell S3T1998 Buell S3T1995 Buell Thunderbolt1996 Buell Thunderbolt1997 Buell Thunderbolt1998 Buell Thunderbolt1999 Buell X1 Lightning2000 Buell X1 Lightning1999 Buell X12000 Buell X1
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.