GAS TANK LEAKING FUEL FROM FUEL PUMP MOUNTING PLATE DUE TO PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMATION. DEFORMATION REPORTEDLY CAUSED BY ETHANOL IN GASOLINE. VOLUME OF GASOLINE LEAKED WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE A CONSIDERABLE FIRE. FUEL TANK WAS DRAINED TO PREVENT FIRE. NEW FUEL TANK INSTALLED BUT SUBJECT TO THE SAME FAILURE. NO SOLUTION OFFERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR
2002 Aprilia Falco
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel/propulsion system. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsFuel/Propulsion System
Filed Jun 6, 201411,000 milesWA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2003Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.