FaultScore

Buell S1 Lightning problems

Owners have filed 25 complaints about the Buell S1 Lightning with NHTSA across model years 1996 to 1998. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Every Buell S1 Lightning year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1998 11 0 0 Electrical System
1997 11 0 0 Suspension
1996 3 0 0 Electrical System

What breaks on a Buell S1 Lightning

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 9 36.0%

Worst in 1997

Electrical System 6 24.0%

Worst in 1998

Fuel & Propulsion 4 16.0%

Worst in 1998

Brakes 3 12.0%

Worst in 1998

Other & Unspecified 2 8.0%

Worst in 1998

Engine & Cooling 1 4.0%

Worst in 1997

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Buell S1 Lightning, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 1998 peak 10 Jun 2000

Compare the Buell S1 Lightning

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.