I HAVE A BRAND NEW 2007 VESPA LX 150 SCOOTER WHICH I PURCHASED ON JULY 19, 2008. I HAVE OWNED IT FOR 10 DAYS AND HAVE ONLY 35 MILES ON IT. TONIGHT WHILE RIDING I EXPERIENCED A STUCK THROTTLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURIES TO MYSELF OR OTHERS HAD I BEEN RIDING IN TRAFFIC. LUCKILY I WAS RIDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA BUT THERE WERE CHILDREN PLAYING NEARBY! I HAD TO USE THE KILL ENGINE SWITCH IN ORDER TO CUT THE ENGINE TO PREVENT A RUNAWAY SCOOTER AND A DEVASTATING ACCIDENT. I HAD TO WALK THE SCOOTER HOME, APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE. I WILL BE CALLING PIAGGIO AND THE DEALER IN STATE COLLEGE, PA IN THE MORNING TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY GET SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION. I THINK A STUCK THROTTLE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR
2007 Vespa LX150
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsVehicle Speed Control
Filed Jul 29, 200835 milesPA
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2007Reading 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.