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2009 Aprilia Scarabeo 500 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 5, 2012
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Mar 5, 2012

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2009 Aprilia Scarabeo 500. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Fuel system
Filed Mar 5, 2012

BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW ON 2/9/2012 FROM BARNEY'S MOTORCYCLE SALES INC AT 10411 GANDY BLVD, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702. TOOK VEHICLE BACK FOR INITIAL 625 MILE INSPECTION ON 2/27/12. AT THAT TIME NOTED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE UNDER THE SEAT, WHICH I HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTICED. I HAD NOT RECENTLY FUELED THE SCOOTER, AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR AN OVERFLOW. I REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, WHO TOOK NOTICE OF IT AND WROTE IT ON THE REPAIR ORDER. I PICKED UP THE SCOOTER ON 2/29/12 AND STILL NOTICED VERY STRONG GASOLINE FUMES UNDER THE SEAT. THE COMPLAINT WAS WRITTEN OFF AS "THE REASON FOR THE FUEL SMELL UNDER SEAT IS THE FUEL TANK VENT IS LOCATED UNDER THE SEAT". I HAVE OWNED DOZENS OF SCOOTERS AND MOTORCYCLES BEFORE, AND NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE. THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED TO THIS DATE, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AS GASOLINE FUMES ARE OBVIOUSLY FLAMMABLE. I DOUBT THE SCOOTER COULD HAVE PASSED THE PRESCRIBED EPA TEST WITH THIS TYPE OF GASOLINE FUMES LEAK. I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THIS PROBLEM BE INVESTIGATED. I HAVE LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE AT APRILIA USA 877-462-7745. THANK YOU VERY KINDLY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10450281
Incident
Feb 27, 2012
Mileage
625 mi

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.

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