DUCATI Complaints

MOTORCYCLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN SEPTEMBER 2007; FUEL TANK WAS FITTED SNUGLY AGAINST THE FRAME AT THAT TIME. IN SPRING 2007, I NOTICED THE FUEL TANK HAD ABOUT 3CM OF PLAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON THE FRAME DUE TO THE PLASTIC SPREADING WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE CENTER FRAME WITH TWO BRACKETS THAT REST ON BUSHINGS. ON AN INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD, I FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. SOME HAD THE TANK REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, ONLY TO HAVE THE SECOND TANK SPREAD THE SAME WAY. FOR OTHERS, THE DEALER HAD SIMPLY SHIMMIED THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD THE TANK IN FRONT. I PERFORMED THIS FIX MYSELF, BUT I'M CONCERNED IT WILL NOT STOP THE DEFORMATION OF THE TANK AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A 2007 DUCATI GT1000 MOTORCYCLE. THE FUEL TANK IS MADE OF PLASTIC AND APPARENTLY IS BEING DAMAGED BY THE ETHANOL FUEL. IT HAS DEFORMED TO THE POINT WHERE THE FRONT MOUNTS WILL NOT ENGAGE THE MOUNTING BRACKETS ON THE FRAME. IN MY OPINION THIS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT COULD RESULT IN THE TANK COMING OFF IN AN ACCIDENT AND CAUSING A FIRE. DUCATI IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT, OTHER THAN REPLACE TANKS UNDER WARRANTY FOR SOME OWNERS. THE REPLACEMENT TANKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND WILL FAIL IN THE SAME MANNER. MY DEALER DID NOT WANT TO FILE A WARRANTY CLAIM AND SHIMMIED ONE OF THE MOUNTS INSTEAD, WHICH IS ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. THE WARRANTY HAS NOW EXPIRED ON MY MOTORCYCLE. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK WITH ONE THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH ETHANOL FUEL. *TR

GAS TANK SPREADING OUT OF ITS BRACKETS. WORRIED THAT THE TANK MAY UNEXPECTEDLY FALL OFF. DEALERSHIP HAS BULLETIN TO SHIM OUT BRACKETS, NOT CURE THE PROBLEM OF THE TANK SPREADING. *TR

THE FUEL TANK ON MY BIKE IS WARPING TO THE POINT THAT IT NO LONGER IS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE MOTORCYLE. THIS REPRESENTS A DESIGN FLAW THAT COULD QUICKLY BECOME A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

THE MATERIAL OF THE FUEL TANK ON MY 2006 DUCATI SPORT 1000 SEEMS UNSTABLE OVER TIME. THE SURFACE SHOWS BUBBLES (BLISTERS) AND DIMPLES AND THE TANK SEEMS TO BE "GROWING". WHEN NEW, AT FULL STEERING LOCK LEFT OR RIGHT, NONE OF THE CONTROLS ON THE HANDLEBARS WOULD HIT / TOUCH / INTERFERE WITH THE TANK. NOW, BOTH SIDES DO. IN ADDITION, CRACKS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE RECESSED AREA OF THE TANK WHERE THE FILLER-CAP RESIDES. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I'VE BROUGHT THIS MOTORCYCLE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. FOUR WEEKS AGO, THEY HAVE ORDERED A NEW TANK UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THIS REPLACEMENT. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE NEW TANK WILL DEVELOP THE SAME PROBLEM OVER TIME, AS THE PEOPLE AT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION-PROCESS FOR THESE REPLACEMENT TANKS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN FOR THE ORIGINAL ONES. *TR

FUEL TANK IS SPREADING ON THE MOUNTS AND IS NOW LOOSE. I AM ABLE TO LIFT OFF THE TANK BY HAND WHEN IT SHOULD BE SECURE. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN A SLOW SPREADING OF THE GAS TANK ON MY DUCAT MOTORCYCLE (2007 SPORT 1000). THE TANK HAS SPREAD SO MUCH IT NO LONGER SITS ON THE FUEL TANK BRACKETS AND EASILY MOVES BACK AND FORTH. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH IT COULD EASILY BECOME DISLODGED. AS OF TODAY NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY MY DEALER. *TR

MOTORCYCLE: 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000-GAS TANK GETS LOOSE AND NO LONGER FITS BRACKETS. THE GAS TANK IS NOT HOLDING ITS MOLDED SHAPE AND CONTINUES TO GET WORSE, WHILE SPREADING AWAY FROM ITS MOUNTING BUSHINGS AND BRACKETS UNDER THE FRONT OF GAS TANK. THIS CAN CAUSE PAINT BUBBLING, POSSIBLE LEAKAGE OF FUEL AND A FUEL TANK THAT ULTIMATELY FALL OFF DURING RIDING. HIGHLY DANGEROUS. THE ORIGINAL GAS TANK HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM 2 YEARS AGO. NOW IM SEEING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND FEAR OF REPLACING AGAIN, SINCE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND A NEW GAS TANK COST ABOUT $1700. *TR

I HAVE A DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC GT1000 MOTORCYCLE WITH A PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE FUEL TANK WILL SPREAD AND ACTUALLY SEPARATE ITSELF FROM THE FRAME MOUNTS. MY MOTORCYCLE IS OUT OF THE STANDARD MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, SO THEY WILL DO NOTHING TO COVER THE ISSUE WITH THE FUEL TANK. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC 1000 MOTORCYCLE NEW, AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOTED THE FUEL TANK SHIFTED IN POSITION AND FOUND IT HAD AN INCH OR SO OF SLOP ON IT'S FRONT TANK MOUNTS. IT IS CLOSE TO COMING COMPLETELY OUT OF IT'S MOUNTS AND IS A DANGER/SAFETY HAZARD. THE TANK APPEARS TO HAVE SPREAD OUT AND IS MADE OF PLASTIC. DISTORTION OF THE TANK IS NOTED ON THE TOP SURFACE AS WELL, WHICH MAY ALSO BE THE RESULT OF THE SPREADING TANK AND ALSO MAY BE CAUSED BY SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS DUCATI IS USING FOR THESE FUEL TANKS. *TR