1998 Moto Guzzi Special

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › foundation components › differential proportional valve. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Differential Proportional Valve	1		1	0	1

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Wheels01V081000

Filed Mar 12, 2001909 vehiclesMoto Guzzi North America

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL 03 63 06 00. THE SPOKE COULD BECOME LOOSE OR BREAK, CAUSING IT TO TOUCH AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION CASE.

Risk. A WHEEL LOCKUP IS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WHEEL. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 1, 2001. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT MOTO GUZZI AT 1-919-639-3180.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Differential Proportional ValveCrash1 injured

Filed Jul 16, 2002NJ

THE SPRING IS MISSING ON THE PROPORTIONAL VALVE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM ,CAUSING A FRONT WHEEL LOCK UP. I BELIEVE THIS RESULTED IN TWO ACCIDENTS. ONE ON 12/1/01 AND ONE ON 7/5/02. MYSELF AND MY MACHINE SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.*AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
1998 — this page	1	1	0	0	Routine
1997	0	1	0	0	Routine

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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: Mar 12, 2001. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.