THE STARTER CLUTCH IN MANY DUCATI 848 / 1098 AND 1198 SPORT BIKES FAIL PREMATURELY AROUND 4 - 6 K MILES AND AGAIN WHEN BEING REPAIRED. THIS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES BY NOW. IF NOT ACKNOWLEDGED AND REPAIRED IT CAN CAUSE THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO FAIL AT ANY SPEED AND BLOCK THE REAR TIRE. THERE ARE MANY OWNER OF SAID MOTORCYCLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE BUT DUCATI HAS STILL NOT MADE IT A RECALL. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH FOR "DUCATI STARTER CLUTCH" OR "DUCATI STARTER SPRAG" REVELS MANY FORUM POSTS FROM AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. I ASKED DUCATI IF THEY HAVE REVISED THE STARTER CLUTCH IN ORDER TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS BUT DID NOT GET AN ANSWER MASKING ME BELIEVE THAT THEY KEEP IGNORING THIS ISSUE. I WILL SELL MY 1198 BECAUSE I'M NOT WILLING TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A RECURRING SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
2011 Ducati 1198
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train
Filed Aug 29, 20145,000 milesFL
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2009| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
Reading 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.