Buell X1 Lightning. Published by Transport Canada as 1999185 on 22 October 1999. System: Brakes.
What the notice says On certain motorcycles, the rear brake line and rear brake hose may be susceptible to abrasion. Either of these conditions could result in brake fluid loss. Should this occur, the rider could experience loss of rear braking capabilities. Loss of rear braking could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Buell X1 LIGHTNING in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Buell X1 LIGHTNING is named on 2 British notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The British register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999185
- Recall date
- 22 October 1999
- Make
- Buell
- Models
- X1 Lightning
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 65
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain motorcycles, the rear brake line and rear brake hose may be susceptible to abrasion. Either of these conditions could result in brake fluid loss. Should this occur, the rider could experience loss of rear braking capabilities. Loss of rear braking could result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. Also, the positive battery cable could contact the battery carrier which could cause the engine to stall or quit and result in a possible crash without prior warning. Correction: Rear brake line will be replaced and the rear brake reservoir hose will be inspected and replaced if necessary. Positive battery cable routing will be inspected and corrected if there is any sign of contact.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1999185.
Buell elsewhere in this register
Buell is named on 36 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999183 · 22 October 1999 · S1 Lightning, S3t Thunderbolt, S1w White Lightning · Structure
- 1999184 · 22 October 1999 · S1 Lightning, S1w White Lightning · Electrical
- 1999186 · 22 October 1999 · S1 Lightning, M2 Cyclone, S3 Thunderbolt · Electrical
- 1999187 · 22 October 1999 · S2 Thunderbolt, S2t Thunderbolt, S1 Lightning · Structure
- 1999188 · 22 October 1999 · S2 Thunderbolt, S2t Thunderbolt, S1 Lightning · Fuel System
- 1999189 · 22 October 1999 · S2 Thunderbolt, S1 Lightning, S2t Thunderbolt · Suspension
- 1999190 · 22 October 1999 · S2 Thunderbolt, S2t Thunderbolt, S1 Lightning · Suspension
- 2000074 · 17 March 2000 · S3 Thunderbolt · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999206 · 12 November 1999 · 4900, 3400, 3800 · Brakes
- 1999126 · 23 June 1999 · Windstar · Brakes
- 1999121 · 21 June 1999 · WG, Autocar, WX · Brakes
- 1999117 · 9 June 1999 · MX ZX 440 LC · Brakes
- 1999109 · 7 June 1999 · FL60, FL70, FL50 · Brakes
- 1999100 · 26 May 1999 · Travelaire, Golden Falcon · Brakes
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Buell: 36 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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