DUCATI Complaints

PURCHASED A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC IN EARLY 2008. AFTER 4 MONTHS OF RIDING AND TAKING GOOD CARE OF THE BIKE, THE TANK STARTED TO GET DEFORMED AND SPREAD TREMENDOUSLY. LUCKILY, THE DEALERSHIP CHANGED IT AUTOMATICALLY. A YEAR LATER, THE REPLACEMENT TANK GOT DEFORMED AS WELL TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS. THE TANK IS ATTACHED TO THE BIKE WITH 3 POINTS. THE FIRST ONE IS BELOW THE SEAT, AND THE OTHER TWO ARE ON EACH SIDE OF THE TANK. WHEN THE REPLACEMENT TANK SPREAD, THE TWO SIDE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE BIKE WERE LOOSE, WHICH MEANT THAT THE TANK WAS STILL ATTACHED AT ONE POINT. HAVING SAID THAT, IT SEEMED TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AS IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN LOOSE WHILE RIDING, AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHE. ANYWAY, THE TANK WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, PROBABLY WITH THE SAME UNSOLVED TANK PROBLEM. *TR

1. UNKNOWN 2. TANK EXPANSION (HAPPENED OVER 3 YRS) STARTING TO HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE REPLACEMENT. BEGAN TO GET LOOSE ON THE FRAME WHERE IT WOULD SEPARATE PARTLY FROM THE BIKE. 3. REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

FUEL TANK DEFORMS RESULTING IN THE TANK NOT FITTING PROPERLY IN MOUNTING BRACKET. TANK COULD DISENGAGE FROM MOUNT WHILE OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE. FUEL PUMP IS MOUNTED IN TANK. DEFORMATION AROUND THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTING SITE COULD RESULT IN A FUEL LEAK, SPILLING FUEL ONTO A HOT ENGINE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE WHILE MOTORCYCLE IS IN OPERATION. *TR

AFTER LESS THAN 600 MILES ON MY NEW DUCATI SPORT 1000S ,Y FUEL TANK HAS WARPED, CAUSING IT TO BECOME LOOSE. I HAVE SHIMMED IT AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE BUT THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE AND THE TANK IS AGAIN LOOSE. I HAVE CONTACTED DUCATI OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE LOCAL DEALER TO NO AVAIL. APPARENTLY THE CAUSE IS THE ADDITION OF ETHANOL IN THE GAS. LIKE I SAID, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY THE DEALER OR THE MANUFAC. TO FIX OR REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2006 DUCATI MONSTER S2R-1000 (PURCHASED NEW 11/2006), AND IT HAS A PLASTIC GAS TANK THAT HAS BECOME DISTORTED FROM ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE. MY FUEL TANK HAS BECOME DISTORTED ON THE LEFT/ RIGHT SIDES OF THE TANK IN THE AREA WHERE MY KNEES TOUCH THE TANK. THERE IS SOME TYPE OF DEMFORMATION AROUND THE GAS CAP, WHICH IS CAUSING THE PAINT TO CRACK. THE RUBBER PUCKS, WHICH ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK, SUPPORT THE TANK ON THE FRAME. THE PUCKS NO LONGER SIT CORRECTLY ON THE FRAME, AND THE TANK DOES NOT SIT SECURELY ON THE FRAME. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW DUCATI GT 1000 MOTORCYCLE FROM LEXINGTON MOTORSPORTS, KENTUCKY, WHICH WAS DELIVERED TO MY HOUSE ON 3 OCTOBER 2010 WITH A DEFORMING/LOOSENING FUEL TANK. ON 18 NOV 2010, GIRARD GIBBS LLP FILED A CLASS ACTION AGAINST DUCATI NORTH AMERICA FOR KNOWINGLY SELLING THESE DEFECTIVE FUEL TANKS AND NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM SINCE 2006. *TR

THIS DUCATI MOTORCYCLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A PLASTIC GAS TANK THAT DEFORMED LEADING TO LEAKING AT THE FUEL PUMP AREA. LEAKING OF FUEL IS DANGEROUS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE MOTORCYCLE FUEL TANK TO ENGINE EXHAUST WHICH IS HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A FIRE IF IN CONTACT WITH FUEL.

2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC; RE: DEFECTIVE GAS TANK, SWELLS AND DEFORMS UNTIL IT EFFECTS STEERING (ACTUALLY GETS IN WAY OF HANDLE BAR AND COMES OFF FRONT MOUNTS LEAVING ONLY ONE BOLT HOLDING DOWN THE REAR). SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AS MANY OWNERS OF THIS MODEL ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING ON ONLINE FORUMS. DUCATI WILL REPLACE A TANK ONCE IT SWELLS OR DEFORMS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL BUT THE REPLACEMENT WILL SOON START TO DO THE SAME. *TR

GAS TANK ON A 2007 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE TANK HAS SPREAD AND WARPED WHICH HAS CAUSED IT TO COME LOOSE ON THE FRAME OF THE BIKE AND BECOME DEFORMED. BECAUSE THE TANK DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE TANK TO COME OFF WHILE RIDING. I HAVE HAD A DEALER "SHIM" THE TANK SO IT IS MORE SECURE BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE TANK WON'T GET WORSE AND REQUIRE ANOTHER "SHIM" TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON-LINE I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE IS PREVALENT WITH THESE MOTORCYCLES. *TR

GAS TANK HAS DEFORMED CAUSING IT TO BECOME LOOSE FROM THE FRAME TO THE POINT IT HAD TO BE SECURED WITH STRAPS. I HAVE OWNED THE MOTORCYCLE (PURCHASED NEW) FOR 19 MONTHS AND IN THAT TIME THE GAS TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO THIS DEFORMATION. *TR