DUCATI Complaints

FUEL TANK ON MY 2009 DUCATI MULTISTRADA 1100 IS WARPING AND EXPANDING. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE, MY TANK MAY EVENTUALLY LEAK FUEL. MY DEALER TOLD ME DUCATI WILL NOT REPLACE MY TANK UNLESS IT IS ACTUALLY LEAKING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN DUCATI DOES REPLACE TANKS, THEY REPLACE THEM WITH TANKS MADE OF THE SAME DEFECTIVE MATERIAL, SO APPARENTLY THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. DUCATI HAS APPARENTLY KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS, THEY SHOULD HAVE EITHER STOPPED SELLING THIS MODEL OR MADE A COUNTERMEASURE AFTER THEY LEARNED OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

GAS TANK IS MADE OF A NYLON POLYMER AND IT IS BEGINNING TO WARP. THE BIKE HAS LESS THAN 3,200 MILES ON IT. THE WARPING OF THE TANK COULD LEAD TO FUEL LEAKAGE, AND HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS. DUCATI IS SELECTIVELY REPLACING THESE TANKS, BUT IN SOME CASES (MINE) BEING DENIED BECAUSE THERE IS NO LEAK (YET). *TR

2007 DUCATI MONSTER 695 FUEL TANK IS EXPANDING AND WARPING. TANK IS A PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION AND SHOWS SIGNS OF CHANGES IN SIZE. *TR

FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING NEAR FUEL FILTER OPENING UNDER THE SEAT OF MOTORCYCLE. TANK WAS REPLACED WITH NEW TANK UNDER WARRANTY. OLD TANK HAD BECOME WARPED. REPLACEMENT TANK HAS EVIDENCE OF WARPING, BUT NO LEAK AT THE MOMENT. *TR

POTENTIAL FOR FIRE, EVEN DEATH. FUEL TANK SWELLING TO THE POINT OF LEAKING GASOLINE FROM THE FUEL PUMP FLANGE ONTO THE REAR TIRE AND EXHAUST. DUCATI NORTH AMERICA IS REPLACING THE TANKS ONLY IF THERE IS AN ACTUAL LEAK. THE TANKS MAY START LEAKING AT ANY TIME. EVEN WHEN PARKED IN A GARAGE CREATING A FIRE HAZARD IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS DUE TO FUEL LEAKING OUT ONTO THE FLOOR DESTROYING THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE THAT THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN CREATING MASSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE HUMAN LIVES. MANY HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING OTHERS HAVE FUEL TANKS THAT ARE SO DEFORMED THAT YOU CANNOT REMOVE THEM TO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AS REQUIRED BY DUCATI WITH OUT DESTROYING THE TANK. *TR

ON DUCATI MOTORCYCLE, MODEL YEAR 2007, MODEL MULTISTRADA 1100S, FUEL TANK DEFORMATION (EXPANSION) CAUSING TANK TO LOCK IN PLACE (UNABLE TO REMOVE FROM MOTORCYCLE TO PERFORM PERIODIC MAINTENANCE) OR ALTERNATIVELY EXPAND WHILE OFF MOTORCYCLE WHILE PERFORMING ENGINE MAINTENANCE AND CAUSING INABILITY FOR THE FUEL TANK TO BE REINSTALLED. PROBLEM APPEARS EPIDEMIC AMONG THESE MODEL MOTORCYCLES. POSSIBILITY OF RUPTURE OR FUEL LEAKS POST DEFORMATION EXISTS, MANUFACTURER'S REPLACEMENT TANKS ARE MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE ORIGINAL, THUS PERPETUATING THE HAZARD. *TR

2006 DUCATI MTS 620 BEGAN TO STEADILY LEAK FUEL FROM BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK AT THE FUEL PUMP FLANGE. THIS ALLOWED FUEL TO DRIP ONTO HOT EXHAUST, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. *TR

MY 2007 DUCATI MULTISTRADA'S PLASTIC GAS TANK HAS EXPANDED AND IS STARTING TO SEEP FUEL NEAR THE EXHAUST. UPON SEARCHING MULTISTRADA.NET I FOUND THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALMOST EVERY MULTISTRADA FROM MODEL YEARS 03 TO 09. DUCATI IS REPLACING SOME OF THE EXPANDED AND LEAKING TANKS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. I'VE SUBMITTED A CLAIM AND AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM AS TO IF THEY WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TANK. REPORTS SAY THAT THE TANKS ARE EXPANDING BECAUSE THE PLASTIC IS REACTING TO THE ETHANOL IN OUR FUEL. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE REPLACEMENT TANK WILL BE MADE OF THE SAME MATERIAL AND WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL IF I DO NOT PAY TO HAVE THE INTERIOR OF THE TANK LINED WITH EPOXY PRIOR TO USE. THE AREA OF THE TANK THAT LEAKS WILL DUMP FUEL ON THE REAR TIRE, AND POSSIBLY HIT THE EXHAUST. EITHER COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH. WITH HUNDREDS, OR POSSIBLY THOUSANDS OF THESE BIKES ON THE ROAD IN THE U.S. DUCATI NEEDS TO HELD ACCOUNTABLE. NOTE: THE VEHICLE IS A DUCATI MULTISTRADA 1100S. IT WAS NOT LISTED IN YOUR LIST OF MODELS SO I CHOSE THE GT 1000, WHICH INCIDENTALLY ALSO HAS THE SAME GAS TANK ISSUE. *TR

NYLON FUEL TANK IS ABSORBING MOISTURE FROM FUEL AND SWELLING. SWELLING FUEL TANK IS CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHERE TANK MAY SPLIT RESULTING IN FAILURE, FIRE, OR OTHER HAZARD. SWOLLEN TANK IS ALSO PRESSING AGAINST OTHER SYSTEMS AND COULD CAUSE FAILURE TO START, FAILURE OR FRONT WHEEL TO TURN COMPLETELY, FAILURE OF SEAT LOCKING MECHANISM TO COMPLETELY ENGAGE. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 DUCATI MONSTER 695. IT HAS 4,900 TROUBLE-FREE MILES, BUT THE GAS TANK IS NOW EXPANDING. THERE ARE RIPPLES FORMING ON THE SIDES OF THE TANK AND THE KEY LATCH IS NOW PRESSED UP AGAINST THE TANK ITSELF. *TR