2009 Buell 1125cr
Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
44
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-10-20 | 08V554000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 140 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AS I WAS RIDING AT 40-45 MPH I NOTICED A BATTERY LIGHT COME ON. SHORT TIME LATER MY DISPLAY READ (SYSTEM VOLTAGE) WITH… |
| 2013-02-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON FEBRUARY 21, 2013 AT 10:40PM, I WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY TO WORK WHEN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHICH … |
| 2013-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS EXITING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN, CAUSING MOTORCYCLE TO TURN OFF, … |
| 2013-01-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PRIOR TO THE FIRST INCIDENT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TRAVELING AT A CONSERVATIVE SPEED BEHIND … |
| 2013-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HANDED TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC WHEN THE BIKE SUDDENLY DIED AND WAS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE. IT WAS LAT… |
| 2012-12-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND ON A HIGHWAY, AT 50 MPH WITH A STEADY THROTTLE, WHICH THE POWER TO THE MOTORCYCLE CUT OUT, … |
| 2012-11-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FAULTY CHARGING SYSTEM CAUSING MOTOR TO DIE AND NOT START, DOES NOT CHARGE BATTERY NOR OUTPUT ENOUGH VOLTAGE TO RUN BIK… |
| 2012-10-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE RIDING MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR, I NOTICED MY VOLTAGE DROPPING RATHER FAST (14V DOWN TO 9V). THE BUELL HAS JUST OVER … |
| 2012-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WAS MAKING LEFT HAND TURN AT BUSY INTERSECTION. MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER, STALLED AND DIED, NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENT. WAS A… |
| 2012-08-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE STATOR IN MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR FAILED WITH ONLY JUST OVER 4,000 MILES. I NOTICED THE BATTERY SLOWLY DRAINING AS I W… |
| 2012-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE STATOR AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED GIVING ME ISSUES SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE BIKE. I FIRST HAD MY VOLTAGE REGULATO… |
| 2012-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I RECENTLY MOVED TO A NEW CITY AND THE CHARGING SYSTEM FAILED ON MY FIRST RIDE THERE (30 MILES). I NOTICED THAT THE BAT… |
| 2012-07-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VOLTAGE STARTED JUMPING AROUND ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING. MY VOLTAGE DROPPED TO 10.9, THEN MY LIGHTS DIED. I WAS AB… |
| 2012-07-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE RIDING AROUND THE TOWN GOT A WARNING LIGHT FOR BATTERY (LOW VOLTAGE) AND ENGINE HAD SHUT DOWN SOON AFTER. I WAS A… |
| 2012-06-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OVERHEAT SITUATION, BURNT STATOR DUE TO OVER HEATING ON A POORLY DESIGNED CHARGING SYSTEM. I'M NOT TH… |
| 2012-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | JUST BEFORE TURNING SOUTHBOUND ON H 75 IN DEWEY OKLAHOMA, MY MOTORCYCLE DIED COMPLETELY. HAD I COMMITTED TO THE TURN AN… |
| 2012-05-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE RIDING MY BUELL 1125CR, THE SYSTEM VOLTAGE ERROR CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY. IT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE STATOR BU… |
| 2012-05-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | STATOR BURNED UP AND FORCED COMPLETE SHUT DOWN OF BIKE, INCLUDING LIGHTS AND ENGINE. LEFT ME STRANDED ON A LONG STRETC… |
| 2012-05-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BIKE SHUTS OFF AT RANDOM TIMES AT RANDOM SPEEDS. BIKE WILL RESTART WITH SWITCH. BATTERY LEVEL ON SPEEDO INDICATES STEAD… |
| 2012-04-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE, ENGINE DIES AT LOW RPM AND WON'T RESTART OR IDLE EVEN AFTER A JUMP START. *TR |
| 2012-04-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE ON THE BRIDGE FROM TAMPA TO ST PETERSBURG FLORIDA, I275, MY MOTORCYCLE HESITATED AND STALLED WHILE STILL ON THE L… |
| 2012-02-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT 50 MPH THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THEN THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND BIKE WAS RUNNING JUST ON THE BATTERY. WAS CL… |
| 2011-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS CRUISING DOWN ROAD AND HEADLIGHT STARTED TO FLICKER AND GET DIMMER AND DIMMER. NOT WANTING TO GET HIT BY SOMEONE … |
| 2011-10-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MOTORCYCLE LOST VOLTAGE AS INDICATED ON INSTRUMENT DISPLAY WHILE RIDING IN MODERATE TRAFFIC. PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY I… |
| 2011-10-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR FAILED, HEADLIGHT BULB BURNED AS A RESULT, NO HEADLIGHT. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LOST BACKLIGHT, TURN SIGN… |
| 2011-09-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS RIDING ON HWY17 IN KENTUCKY ABOUT 50 TO 60 MPH WHEN THE BIKE JUST DIED. I HAD NO TURN SIGNALS OR BRAKE LIGHTS.THE… |
| 2011-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT AROUND JULY 24TH, 2011 I WAS RIDING MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR HOME AT ABOUT 1AM FROM EASTON, PA. AS I CROSSED INTO NJ MY … |
| 2011-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHARGING SYSTEM FAILED AT 8900 MILES, SECOND TIME. HARLEY REPLACED A ROTOR, STATOR AND A VOLTAGE REGULATOR. *TR |
| 2011-05-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2ND STATOR FAILED AT 12,466 MILES, FIRST FAILED ON 6/17/10 AT 4,459 MILES. *KB |
| 2011-05-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE STATOR (CHARGING SYSTEM) FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS FAILED. THE FIRST TIME IT FAILED WAS ABOUT 1.5 YEA… |
| 2011-04-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WAS COMING HOME FROM A FRIENDS HOUSE, AT NIGHT, WHEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND LIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY. I QUICKLY S… |
| 2010-11-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CHARGING SYSTEM ON MY 2009 BUELL 1125CR FAILED AND THE VEHICLE CEASED TO RUN. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO COAST TO THE SI… |
| 2010-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I EXPERIENCED A LOW BATTERY INDICATION WHILE DRIVING THE MOTORCYCLE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CYCLE TO MY RESIDENCE PRIO… |
| 2010-09-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHARGING SYSTEM FAILED. FIRST TIME AT 5500 MILES, HARLEY INSTALLED CHARGING HARNESS, AND A NEW STATOR. SECOND TIME CHAR… |
| 2010-09-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2009 BUELL 1125CR FROM A HARLEY DEALERSHIP AND DISCOVERED THAT THE BIKE HAS HAD IT STATOR ASSEMB… |
| 2010-08-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | RIDING DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER CAUSES GASOLINE TO BOIL INSIDE FUEL TANK. GASOLINE LEAKS FROM VENT TUBE WHILE STOPPE… |
| 2010-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD TWO FAILURES OF THE STATOR/ROTOR CHARGING SYSTEM IN MY BIKE, ONE AT APPROX. 8200MI AND ANOTHER AT APPROX 15,… |
| 2010-06-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | STATOR FAILURE, 1ST OF 2 (SO FAR) FOR THIS BIKE. 2ND FAILURE ON 5/31/11 AT 12,466 MILES. *KB |
| 2010-06-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE STATOR OR ALTERNATOR FAILED WHILE RIDING MY MOTORCYCLE ON A CURVY ROAD. THE ENGINE STOPPED ABRUPTLY DUE TO THE INA… |
| 2010-05-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2009 BUELL 1125 STATOR (ALTERNATOR) FAILURE. ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I HAVE BEEN OPERATING MY MOTORCYCLE WHEN IT HAS S… |
| 2010-04-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MOTORCYCLE LOST POWER AND STALLED AT INTERSECTION UPON ACCELERATION. *TR |
| 2009-11-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | BUELL 2009 1125 CR: AFTER RIDING THE MOTORCYCLE, THE GAS IN THE MOTORCYCLE GETS SO HOT YOU CAN HEAR IT BOILING. THE MOT… |
| 2009-10-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY MOTORCYCLE SHUT OFF WHILE RIDING AT CITY SPEEDS. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL IN THE CLUTCH AND RECOVER WITHOUT CRASH… |
| 2009-10-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FRONT BRAKE LEVER SWITCH WIRES COME LOOSE WITH THE OPTIONAL "HIGH BAR" HANDLEBARS INSTALLED. I GOT MY FROM THE DEAL… |