2018 Ducati Panigale 959

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads18V480000

Filed Jul 19, 201872 vehiclesDucati North America

Defect. Ducati North America (Ducati) is recalling certain 2018 Ducati Panigale V4, Panigale 959, Panigale 1299 FE, and Hypermotard motorcycles. The friction material on the rear brake pads may detach from the backing plate.

Risk. If the rear brake pad friction material detaches, it may lengthen the distance needed to stop the motorcycle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy. Ducati will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear brake pads. Brake pads from the affected batch will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began August 27, 2018. Owners may contact Ducati customer service at 1-888-391-5446.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Service Brakes

Filed Oct 31, 20183,500 milesCA

I WAS RIDING UP TO A RED LIGHT INTERSECTION AND APPLIED THE REAR BRAKES. THEY SEIZED CLOSED (SAME EFFECT AS SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES), ALMOST WASHING ME OUT INTO CROSSTRAFFIC. THEY DID NOT RELEASE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS ONCE STOPPED. THERE WAS NO DIRT, WATER, OR FOD IN THE HYDRAULIC LINES OR THE PAD/ROTOR. I HAD JUST BLED THEM, SO IT WAS NOT THE EXPANSION OF AN AIR POCKET. THE RETURN CHANNEL (THE SMALL PINHOLE BACK TO THE RESERVOIR) WAS CLEAR, AND THE SPRING WAS FUNCTIONAL. I SEARCHED FOR OTHER PROBLEMS AND FOUND SRV-RCL-18-004, A KNOWN RECALL FOR FAULTY REAR BRAKE PADS ON MY BIKE/MODEL (HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/RCL/2018/RCRIT-18V480-3230.PDF). I SUSPECT THAT THEY THERMALLY FUSED TO MY DISC DURING THE INCIDENT ABOVE. I REMOVED THE BRAKE PADS TO INSPECT THEM. PICTURES ARE ATTACHED. SURE ENOUGH, THE PADS WERE TRASHED. NOT ONLY WAS THE FRICTION MATERIAL COMPLETELY GONE, BUT ABOUT 80-90% OF THE BACKING PLATE ON WHICH THE PAD IS ADHERED WAS WORN THROUGH. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE. THE MOTORCYCLE HAS 3500 MILES, WELL BEFORE EOL FOR A HEALTHY REAR BRAKE PAD. IF A MOTORCYCLE IS DRIVEN FOR 3500 MILES WITH NO FRONT BRAKE APPLICATION, ONLY REAR, THAT WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO WEAR THE REAR PAD OUT TO THIS DEGREE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT. THE ROTORS ARE SCORED DUE TO THE CONTACT WITH THE FAULTY BRAKE PAD. I HAVE REPLACED THE REAR PADS TO TEMPORARILY ALLOW REAR BRAKING, BUT EFFICIENCY IS REDUCED AGAINST A NON-FLAT ROTOR. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE DEALERSHIP AS WELL. THEY DID NOT NOT

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jul 19, 2018. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.