I OBSERVED THREE POTENTIAL SAFETY DEFECTS IN MY RECENTLY PURCHASED 2015 MOTO GUZZI V7 SPECIAL. CLUTCH - I OBSERVE A RUBBER BAND ATTACHED BETWEEN THE CLUTCH RELEASE LEVER AND THE NEUTRAL SWITCH. THIS RUBBER BAND WAS PREVENTING THE COMPLETE DISENGAGEMENT OF THE CLUTCH, WHICH RESULTED IN MY INABILITY TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AT STOPS. IT ALSO PREVENTED PROPER CLUTCH CABLE ADJUSTMENT UNTIL IT WAS REMOVED. HEAD NUT-STUD SWARF ' WHILE PERFORMING THE REQUIRED 1ST MAINTENANCE SERVICE, I OBSERVED SWARF (METAL MACHINING WASTE) LODGED BETWEEN TWO OF THE CYLINDER HEAD NUTS-STUDS. THIS SWARF WAS REMOVED TO ALLOW PROPER HEAD RE-TORQUE. I ALSO OBSERVED SMALL PIECES OF METAL WASTE ON ENGINE OIL DRAIN PLUG MAGNET. METAL DEBRIS CIRCULATING WITHIN THE ENGINE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A SEIZURE. NO O-RING SEAL ' I OBSERVED A FLUID LEAK AT THE FINAL DRIVE UNIT (TRANSMISSION). THE LEAKING FLUID WAS BEING SLUNG ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF REAR TIRE TREAD. I DISASSEMBLED THIS FINAL DRIVE UNIT AND OBSERVED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD FAILED TO INSTALL THE REQUIRED O-RING SEAL. I PROPERLY INSTALLED THE MISSING O-RING SEAL TO STOP THE LEAK AND AVOID A LOSS OF TRACTION FROM THE OIL ON THE TREAD.
2015 Moto Guzzi V7
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEngine
Filed Mar 6, 201650 milesCA
1 of 1 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.