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2007 Aprilia Tuono 1000 R 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 Nov 17, 2016
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 May 24, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 Aprilia Tuono 1000 R. 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

Showing 1–2 of 2

Fuel system
Filed Nov 17, 2016

PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMATION RESULTING IN MOUNTING BOLTS NO LONGER LINING UP WITH HOLES. FUEL TANK IS UNABLE TO BE SECURED PROPERLY ANY MORE. THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF IMPROPER USE OR DAMAGE, BUT BY BAD DESIGN.

NHTSA ID
10926699
Incident
Nov 1, 2010
Mileage
2,500 mi
Electrical
Filed May 24, 2008

OVERHEATING/MELTING CONNECTOR FROM ALTERNATOR TO VOLTAGE REGULATOR. COULD CAUSE MOTORCYCLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL, POSSIBLY CAUSING LOSS OF POWER TO THE VEHICLE, OR A FIRE AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THIS ISSUE IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST THE APRILIA TUONO MODEL, BUT NEARLY EVERY APRILIA V-TWIN MODEL MOTORCYCLE MADE IN THE LAST EIGHT OR NINE YEARS. THERE IS EXTENSIVE OWNER DISCUSSION ON INTERNET FORUMS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. SEE HTTP://WWW.APRILIAFORUM.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=144612 AND HTTP://WWW.JOE250.COM/MOTORCYCLES/TUONO/BROWNCONNECTORS/BROWNCONNECTORS.HTML AS AN EXAMPLE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10228843
Incident
Mar 1, 2008
Mileage
2,130 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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