2004 Vento Vthunder

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the structure. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Structure	1		0	0	0
Power Train › Manual Transmission	1		0	0	0
Electrical System	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System

Filed Sep 29, 2006200 milesCA

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A WHISTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE BATTERY. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION, THE BATTERY WAS OBSERVED TO BE EXPANDED AND EMITTED A BURNING SMELL. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE QUAD WAS LOADED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE RADIATOR. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED MOVING THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO THE REAR OF THE QUAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AND PROVIDED A CASE# FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

Power Train › Manual Transmission

Filed Sep 8, 20065,000 milesAL

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON DRY ROADS, THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VENTO V-THUNDER MOTORCYCLE LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING, AND THE REAR TIRE STOPPED MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

Structure

Filed Nov 2, 2005OH

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE BOLTS ON THE MOTORCYCLE WILL NOT REMAIN TIGHT. *TS THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INOPERATIVE, THE BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD, THE SEAT WAS BROKEN, "THE FADING WOULDN'T HOLD," AND THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD BLOW. VENTO MOTORCYCLES, USA *SC *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2006	1	0	0	0	Routine
2004 — this page	3	0	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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.