DUCATI Complaints

DUCATI 1098S 2008 BIKE WAS PURCHASED 29 OCT 2008, RODE HOME FIRST NIGHT WITH NO ISSUES. ON THE SECOND DAY OF RIDING THE BIKE STALLED AS I WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT, I SQUEEZED THE CLUTCH LEVER AND WAS PRESSING BOTH FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AT THE TIME AS I WAS DOWNSHIFTING FROM THIRD INTO SECOND GEAR, WAS ANNOYED BUT WASN'T CONCERNED AT FIRST BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AS I WAS STOPPING AT A LIGHT. IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES IN A VERY SIMILAR MANNER AS THE FIRST BUT IN A LESS IDEAL SITUATION DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC. THEN ON 1 NOVEMBER 2008 IT HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. LAST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN A MIDDLE OF A RIGHT HAND TURN, A TAXI CUT ME OFF CAUSING ME TO BRAKE AND SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY, I WAS STILL LEANED OVER WHEN THE BIKE STALLED AS I SQUEEZED THE CLUTCH LEVER TO DOWN SHIFT. I ALMOST CRASHED WHEN THE BIKE STALLED WITH CARS BEHIND ME BRAKING RAPIDLY TO AVOID BOTH THE TAXI THAT CUT ME OFF AND MY BIKE WHICH STALLED IN THE INTERSECTION. I RODE THE BIKE ON 2 NOV 2008 WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTENT AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS ACTUALLY CAUSING IT. I'VE RODE MOTORCYCLES SINCE 1994 AND HAVE OWNED AND RODE NUMEROUS MOTORCYCLES OVER THE YEARS AND NEVER ONCE HAVE I EXPERIENCED A MOTORCYCLE THAT STALLS WHEN YOU HOLD THE CLUTCH LEVER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DUCATI MULTISTRATA 620 MOTORCYCLE (NA). THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON THE GROUND. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTING ONTO THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS UNDER WARRANTY FOR FOUR YEARS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,750 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,950. UPDATED 11/14/08 *CN THE FUEL TANK FLANGE WARPED. UPDATED 11/18/08. *JB

ON JULY 11, 2008 I PURCHASED A NEW DUCATI HYPERMOTARD 1100 MOTORCYLE. APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS LATER IT STARTED STALLING UPON INITIAL START UP. IT WOULD RESTART AND IDLE ROUGH. THEN AFTER MOVING OFF TO MY FIRST STOP (INTERSECTION ,LIGHT ETC.) IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. ONCE MOTORCYCLE WAS FULLY WARMED UP IT WOULDN'T STALL AS MUCH. I TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE TO DEALER WHERE PURCHASED AND THEY RESET THE TPS(THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR) AND RAISED THE IDLE. THE BIKE WOULD STILL STALL OUT ESPECIALLY THE WARMER THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS. I BROUGHT BIKE BACK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND OIL TEMPERATURE SENSOR. THE BIKE STILL STALLS . IT SEEMS TO STALL MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN IT IS WARM OUT. THE WARMER IT IS THE WORSE IT IS. IT WILL STALL UPON START UP AND THEN AT THE NEXT FEW STOPS (INTERSECTION, LIGHT, ETC.). MOST TIMES IT WILL STALL WITH NO WARNING. UPON SOME RESEARCH OF MY OWN I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. MOST PEOPLE ARE EITHER LIVING WITH IT; OR REPLACING THE EXHAUST AND PUTTING ON A PERFORMANCE ECU (ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT) THAT COMES WITH THE EXHAUST. AFTER SPEAKING TO ANOTHER LOCAL DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE STALLING IS REPLACING THE ECU WITH A PERFORMANCE ONE. WHICH MAKES THE MOTORCYCLE EMISSION ILLEGAL. DUCATI SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM; BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF TEST AND FORMS FOR THE DEALERS TO FILL OUT AND DO. BUT NO REMEDY TO THE STALLING. AS OF TODAY OCTOBER 16, 2008 THE MOTORCYCLE STILL STALLS OUT. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. SPEEDO AND TACHOMETER ARE SUPPOSED TO PERFORM A FULL SWEEP AFTER TURNING KEY TO START. HOWEVER, SPEEDOMETER MOVES ERRATICALLY AFTER KEY IS TURNED ON AND STOPS IN ARBITRARY POSITION, NEVER RETURNING TO 0 MPH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DUCATI DEFMOFEDICI RR (NA). WHENEVER THE CONTACT PARKS THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE VENT HOSE INSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES BEFOREHAND. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,900 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600.

MOTORCYCLE WILL STALL UNPREDICTABLY WHILE RIDING IN TRAFFIC. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE OF THE STALL. *TR

I HAD COUPLE OF MOTORCYCLES IN MY LIFE AND I JUST BOUGHT A 2008 DUCATI 1098 AND IT GOT STALLING ISSUES WHICH ARE PUTTING MY LIFE IN BIG DANGER . I KNOW THAT BIKES ARE DANGEROUS . BUT MY STALLS AT TURNS AT LIGHTS R WHEN IN TRAFFIC OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS BIKE R HAVING SAME PROBLEMS .I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ONCE STILL STALLS . JUST MADE SECOND APP. THEY TOLD ME ITS A HIGH PERFORMANCE .STILL HAVE APPOINTMENT .PLEASE HELP *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DUCATI 1098. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-70 MPH OR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK. ALSO, THE REAR SPROCKET THAT HOLDS THE CHAIN WAS UNDER RECALL AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED NOT TO RIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,100.

I PURCHASED A 1998 DUCATI ST2 IN MAY 2008 WITH 3946 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I CHECKED YOUR SITE AND FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM HOSES(99V048000). THE ORIGINAL OWNER DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALL WORK PERFORMED. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DUCATI DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK DONE. THEIR BACKLOG WAS 6 WEEKS. THE BIKE NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH SO I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. WHILE WORKING ON THE BIKE HE NOTICED IT HAD DRIVABLE ISSUES. HE FOUND THE HOSES INSIDE THE TANK AND THOSE CONNECTING TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED. PIECES OF THE DELAMINATED HOSE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE FUEL PUMP. HAD I BEEN DRIVING THE BIKE, THIS COULD HAVE LED TO THE FIRE DUE TO LEAKY HOSES. NOW THE HOSES & FUEL PUMP NEED REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO CALLED THE DUCATI REP TO SEE IF THEY WOULD REPLACE THE HOSES/FUEL PUMP. THE SERVICE MANAGER GAVE UP DUE TO A LACK OF RESPONSE. HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE DUCATI REP WHICH I DID. I AM NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOUR RECALL COVERED THE FUEL PUMP AS WELL AS THE HOSES SINCE THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTION WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FAULTY HOSES. I ALSO CONTACTED THE NHSTA BECAUSE I HAVE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE FROM DUCATI. *TR

ON JULY 8, 2008, I NOTICED A COMPLETE BREAK, OR TEAR IN THE LOWER FRONT TRIPLE CLAMP, WHICH IS AN ALUMINUM BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE FRONT FORK, AND THEREFORE THE FRONT WHEEL, ON THE MOTORCYCLE. RIDING THE VEHICLE WITH THIS MATERIAL BREACH CAN RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. I HAVE FOUND A SIMILAR COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET. NO REPAIR YET. *TR