2011 Ducati M796

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Fuel System, Gasoline2
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Nov 27, 2010750 milesNY

I HAVE A DUCATI MONSTER 796. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MONTHS OLD. AFTER THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF RIDING THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE CASING AND THEN TO THE GROUND IN MY PARKING GARAGE. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO RIDE THE BIKE IN FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE LEAKING FUEL REPRESENTED A COMBUSTION HAZARD. THE DEFECT POSED A SERIOUS DANGER BOTH TO MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROADS OF NEW YORK STATE. THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE RECTIFIED BY DUCATI NORTH AMERICA BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WILL BE TO FIT AN IDENTICAL FUEL TANK TO THE MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL PRESUMABLY FAIL IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE FIRST TANK. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Nov 16, 2010300 milesRI

MOLDED GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME DEFORMED. COMMON PROBLEM ON DUCATI'S . RISK OF LEAKAGE AND INTERERANCE WITH STEARING. SEE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING THAT DUCATI IS NOT RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THEY ARE STILL REPLACING DEFECTIVE TANKS WITH DEFECTIVE TANKS. SEE WEB SITE LINK:HTTP://WWW.DUCATIMONSTERFORUM.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=25074.0 ALSO SEE THE LAW FIRM THAT HAS STATED A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.GIRARDGIBBS.COM/DUCATI.ASP?GCLID=CPH7PFF2PAUCFEFM5QODMXZG6G DUCATI NORTH AMERICA CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. THIS IS AN AIR COOLED MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS THE GAS TANK MOUNTED DIRRECTLY OVER THE CYLINDER HEADS. ANY LEAK COULD RESULTS IN A FIRE WHILE A RIDER WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLE.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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.