2002 Aprilia Rst 1000 Futura Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2002 Aprilia Rst 1000 Futura, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Fuel system12100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Fuel system
Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 APRILIA RST 1000 FUTURA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL 05V506000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY: HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS) IN FEBRUARY 2009 BECAUSE OF THE SAME SYMPTOMS. APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY AND THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,000.
UPON STARTING MY 2002 APRILIA FUTURA MOTORCYCLE ON APRIL 16 2006, WITHIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS, SMOKE STARTED COMING UP FROM UNDER THE GAS TANK. I HAD THE BIKE TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS NOW TELLING ME THERE IS A SLOW LEAK FROM THE FUEL LINES AND FUEL PUMP, WHICH NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $300 IN PARTS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF SHOP LABOR (ROUGHLY $600 TOTAL). PREVIOUSLY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004, THIS SAME MOTORCYCE DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK WHICH LEFT A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE ON MY ENCLOSED GARAGE FLOOR IN A 30-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING. THE RESULTS OF THIS LEAK COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTEROUS. THE DIAGNOSIS FOR THIS LEAK WAS A FAILURE OF THE FUEL TANK QUICK DISCONNECT, WHICH WAS REPLACED AT AN OUT-OF-POCKET COST OF $124.84. THERE IS NOW A RECALL OF THIS FUEL CONNECTOR LISTED ON THE NHTSA SITE, BUT WHEN I ASKED THE APRILIA DEALERSHIP (SCUDERIA IN SAN FRANCISCO) ABOUT IT, THEY SAID IT WAS JUST A "GOVERNMENT RECALL" AND NOT A "MANUFACTURER RECALL" AND THAT THEY WEREN'T DOING ANY REPLACEMENTS UNTIL THE FACTORY DIRECTED THEM TO DO SO. WITH THIS SECOND FUEL LEAK PROBLEM (NOW THE FUEL LINE AND PUMP) IN MY BRIEF OWNERSHIP OF A VERY EXPENSIVE NEW MOTORCYCLE, I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS MOTORCYCLE, BOTH IN TERMS OF RIDING IT AND IN STORING IT IN THE GROUND-FLOOR GARAGE BELOW ME AND THE 29 OTHER UNITS IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING. CAN YOU DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME RESOLVE THESE VERY DANGEROUS FUEL SYSTEM LEAKS WITH THE MANUFACTURER? *NM
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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