DUCATI Complaints

FUEL TANK EXPANSION LOOSENS TANK WHERE IT CAN COME OFF EASILY. THIS TANK WAS ALREADY REPLACED 1 1/2 YRS AGO & WHILE I JUST NOTICED IT, I WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR UNTIL VISITING DEALER & OTHER CUSTOMER INSPECTED MY TANK TO COMPARE TO HIS. APPARENTLY MINE HAD BEEN SPREADING FOR SOME TIME PRIOR. DEALER HAS SAID DUCATI HAD BRACKET & WILL INSTALL AT NO CHARGE. MY CONCERN IS TANK INTEGRITY FROM SPREADING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DUCATI MONSTER 696. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING INTO HIS GARAGE HE NOTICED FUEL LEAKING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LEAKING ON HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE OR REENACT IT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 2,100.

THE FUEL TANK ON MY DUCATI S2R800 HAS WARPED DUE TO THE ETHANOL IN GAS. GAS LEAKED FROM THE TANK BECAUSE THE FUEL PUMP GASKET COULD NOT PROPERLY FUNCTION DUE TO THE WARPING. DUCATI'S POOR MANUFACTURING OF THESE GAS TANKS HAS CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. *TR

EXPANDING GAS TANK IN 2005 DUCATI MONSTER POSES RISK OF LEAKING FUEL FROM WARPED FUEL PUMP O-RING GASKET. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 DUCATI SPORTCLASSIC FROM A DUCATI DEALER IN 2006, AND HAVE SINCE PUT APPROXIMATELY 2700 MILES ON THE BIKE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGED AND PREMIUM FUEL USED. THE MOTORCYCLE'S GAS TANK IS MADE OF SOME SORT OF PLASTIC OR FIBERGLASS, AND SO IT HAS SPREAD TO THE POINT WHERE THE RUBBER CUPS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT TO THE FRAME ON EITHER SIDE ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE. SINCE THE TANK IS ONLY HELD ONTO THE FRAME VIA ONE SCREW MOUNT, THE TANK CAN BE ALMOST COMPLETELY LIFTED OFF OF THE FRAME IN THE FRONT. THE TANK HAS ALSO WARPED ON THE TOP RIGHT SIDE, IN A "WAVY" PATTERN. DUE TO THE LOOSENESS OF THE TANK, IF THIS BIKE WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT, THE TANK COULD COME OFF AND RESULT IN A FIRE, POSSIBLY BECOME A BOMB. IN ADDITION TO THE LOOSE TANK, SINCE IT HAS SPREAD ON THE BOTTOM, THE HANDLE BAR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE NOW COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE TANK, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN AESTHETIC BLEMISH, AND REDUCES THE TURNING RADIUS, IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLY CAUSING INJURY AT SLOW SPEEDS IF THE RIDER CATCHES HER HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND TANK. I HAVE CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP NEARBY, AND THEY WILL TAKE PICTURES OF IT, AND HAVE TOLD ME THAT DUCATI WANTS THE DEALERSHIP TO "SHIM" THE TANK FIRST, MEANING THAT THEY WOULD ADD WASHERS ON EITHER SIDE TO TRY TO STABILIZE THE TANK. IF THIS IS UNABLE TO BE FIXED, DUCATI *MAY* REPLACE THE TANK WITH A TANK OF THE SAME TYPE OF MATERIAL, AND THE PROBLEM WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. IF THE BIKE, WHICH IS A 2006, IS OUT OF WARRANTY, DUCATI MAY MAKE ME PAY FOR THE "REPLACEMENT" TANK (APPROX $1800), AND HAS (TO DATE) OFFERED NO REAL SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE (I.E. A TANK MADE OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL). *TR

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. BIKE WILL STOP RUNNING AT ANY TIME, SOMETIMES WILL NOT START. SAME AS 2007 RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DUCATI MONSTER S4RS MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS SWELLING AND CAUSING A FUEL LEAK ON TO THE MOTOR IN WHICH THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING THE SWELLING FUEL TANK BUT THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE THE CONTACT WITH ANY INFORMATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,800.

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE POLYCARBONATE FUEL TANK ON THE MOTORCYCLE HAS SAGGED OR SPREAD, MAKING THE FRONT OF THE TANK LOOSE. WHEN THE TANK SPREAD, THE FRONT GROMMETS NO LONGER MAKE CONTACT WITH THE TANK, MAKING IT LOOSE. THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. THIS FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE, BUT OVER TIME. *TR

2006 DUCATI MONSTER S2R GAS TANK IS EXPANDING AND FLEXING. EVENTUAL FAILURE WOULD LEAD TO FUEL LEAKING ONTO HOT ENGINE AND EXHAUST PARTS. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT OF TANK SPREADING AND COMING LOOSE FROM RETAINER 9/07 AND WAS SHIMMIED TO MAKE FUEL TANK SECURE. SECOND INCIDENT OF FUEL TANK SPREADING 6/08 AND WAS SHIMMIED AGAIN. THIRD TIME 8/09 AND FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED WITH NEW PART. NEW FUEL TANK IS NOW (3/11) EXHIBITING SAME SPREADING AND COMING LOOSE FROM FRONT RETAINER.