APRILIA Complaints

AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2007 THROUGH 2008 APRILIA SCARABEO 500IE AND EARLIER YEAR MODELS. THUS FAR DEALERS HAVE CORRECTED THIS UNDER WARRANTY ON A BY COMPLAINT BASES. MOST OF THESE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 1000 MILES. AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2006 APRILIA SCARABEO SCOOTER, 88 MILES ON ODOMETER. LOSS OF FUEL PRESSURE AT IDLE. STALL AT IDLE. ROUGH STARTING. DEALER REPLACED FAULTY SUBMERSIBLE FUEL LINE, ATTACHED CLAMPS TO EACH END WHERE THERE WERE NONE BEFORE. IMMEDIATELY FIXED THE ISSUE. APRILIA COVERED THIS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS COULD PRESENT A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR OTHER OWNERS. *TR

AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS AND IMPROPER FUEL LINE FOR USA FUELS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2007 TO 2008 APRILIA SCARABEO 500IE MODEL. *TR

AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS AND IMPROPER FUEL LINE FOR USA FUELS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2003 TO 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500GT AND 500GT ABS MODELS, ALSO 2007 AND 2008 APRILIA SCARABEO 500IE MODEL . *TR

MY SCARABEO 500 IE STALLS AT STOPS RUNNING. IN TRAFFIC I MAY GET RUN OVER BY AN SUV MAN FUEL FILTER TO PUMP LOSES PRESSURE HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP. *TR

WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM A HIGHER GEAR OR WHEN STANDING STILL A FIRM TWIST OF THE THROTTLE. THE ENGINE STALLS AND IT OCCURS 1-4 TIMES PER DAY. THE RECALL PE08-019 HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE DEALER REPLACING THE HOSE CLAMPS BUT THE STALLING STILL EXISTS. *TR

PROPERLY MAINTAINED VEHICLE YET IT DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK FOR NO APPARENT KNOWN REASON EXCEPT PERHAPS A FLAW IN ENGINEERING. IT IS LEAKING FROM THE O-RING GASKET BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL PUMP FLANGE DUE TO THE PLASTIC TANK DISTORTING OVER TIME FROM NORMAL USE. PIAGGIO/APRILIA OFFER NO FIX NOR DO THEY ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN. *TR

WHILE RIDING MY NEW MOTORCYCLE I COULD NOT STOP AT A STOP SIGN USING MY REAR BRAKE- I HAD A "SOFT" BRAKE. EVEN DEPRESSING THE REAR BRAKE PEDAL TO IT'S FULLEST THERE WAS NO BRAKING AT ALL. MY DEALER REPAIRED THE CONDITION BY CHANGING THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE FLUID AND ALSO FOLLOWING THE FACTORY BULLETIN ON BLEEDING THE REAR BRAKES CORRECTLY. AFTER THREE MORE RIDES AGAIN THE REAR BRAKE FAILED TO WORK - THIS TIME AT FREEWAY SPEEDS ! IN READING THE ON-LINE FORUMS AND TALKING TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL IT SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE. *TR

THIS REPORT PERTAINS TO A 2006 APRILIA SCARABEO 500 MOTORCYCLE. I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE NEW IN JUNE 2008. IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE AMONG SCARABEO OWNERS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SOLD THESE BIKES WITH CLAMPS MISSING FROM THE IN-TANK FUEL LINE, BETWEEN THE IN-TANK FILTER AND THE FUEL PUMP. MY DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THIS ISSUE HAD BEEN RESOLVED ON MY BIKE BEFORE I TOOK DELIVERY OF IT. WITHIN DAYS OF TAKING DELIVERY OF THE BIKE, THE ENGINE WAS IDLING ROUGHLY, STALLING AT STOP LIGHTS AND RUNNING ROUGHLY WHEN OPERATED AT SLOW SPEEDS, BELOW 35 MPH. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, I APPLIED POWER TO START OFF FROM AN INTERSECTION AND THE BIKE STALLED. THESE WERE ALL SYMPTOMS OF THE FUEL LINE CLAMP ISSUE, AS REPORTED BY MANY SCARABEO 500 OWNERS. I FIXED THE PROBLEM MYSELF BECAUSE I DO NOT LIVE NEAR AN APRILIA DEALER. UPON REMOVING THE IN-TANK FUEL PUMP, I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THERE WERE NO CLAMPS ON EITHER END OF THE FUEL LINE. I INSTALLED THE CLAMPS, AS WELL AS REPLACED THE FUEL LINE WITH LINE APPROVED FOR SUBMERGING IN FUEL (SAE30R10), AS IT WAS UNCLEAR AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF THE STOCK FUEL LINE FOR SUBMERGED USE. SINCE THE FIX I HAVE NOT HAD ANY RECURRENCE OF THE PROBLEMS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD RECALL ALL SCARABEOS AND HAVE THEM CHECKED. *TR

"AN IN-TANK FUEL LINE BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER IS MISSING HOSE CLAMPS CAUSING FUEL PRESSURE LOSE AND ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. STALLING AND SPUTTERING DURING MANEUVERS IN TRAFFIC CAN BE BEING VERY DANGEROUS ON A MOTORCYCLE OR ANY TWO WHEEL VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM EFFECTS 2007 THROUGH 2008 APRILIA SCARABEO 500IE AND EARLIER YEAR MODELS. THUS FAR DEALERS HAVE CORRECTED THIS UNDER WARRANTY ON A BY COMPLAINT BASES. MOST OF THESE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FIRST 1000 MILES. AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM". *TR