Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2008 Ducati Multistrada

Routine

Owners filed 3 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
Wheels1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Dec 6, 20098,000 milesNC

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK ON MY 2008 DUCATI MULTISTRADA 1100S MOTORCYCLE IS EXPANDING AND DEFORMING. SO FAR MY TANK HAS ONLY CRACKS IN THE PAINT, AS WELL AS FITMENT ISSUES ON THE MOTORCYCLE'S FRAME, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AN EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE TANK FROM CONTINUED DEFORMATION, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE, WHICH COULD LEAD TO A POSSIBLE FIRE AND/OR CRASH. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM ON LATE MODEL DUCATI MOTORCYCLES, AND APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY THE ETHANOL ADDED TO GASOLINE IN THE US. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Dec 5, 2009OR

THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK HAS EXPANDED TO THE POINT WHERE THERE IS INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLASTIC TANK AND OTHER HARD POINTS. DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FOR ROUTINE SERVICE DUE TO MISALIGNMENT WITH MOUNTING HOLE/FASTENERS. BODYWORK MAKING CONTACT WHERE GAPS SHOULD EXIST. EVIDENCE OF FUEL SEEPAGE AT FUEL-PUMP MOUNTING FLANGE/SEAL AREA INDICATING WARPAGE. PUBLIC FORUMS INDICATE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MANY DUCATI MODELS WITH PLASTIC GAS TANKS. *TR

Wheels
Filed Dec 19, 20082,000 milesFL

2008 DUCATI GT 1000 WITH FAULTY GAS TANK AND SPOKES THAT ARE RUSTING. *TR

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2012
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20223000Routine
20211100Routine
20206000Routine
20196000Routine
20182100Routine
20170100Routine
20164100Routine
20152100Routine
20143000Routine
20134000Routine
20128000Routine
20116000Routine
2008 — this page3000Routine
20071000Routine

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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.