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2008 Ducati 1098 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 7, 2011
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 Aug 1, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Ducati 1098. 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 7, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DUCATI 1098 MOTORCYCLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK SWELLED TO MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS ITS NORMAL SIZE. THIS FAILURE CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE ETHANOL USED IN GASOLINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED BUT THE FUEL TANK WOULD BE REPLACED WITH THE SAME TYPE OF FUEL TANK THAT PREVIOUSLY FAILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

NHTSA ID
10386688
Incident
Mar 5, 2011
Mileage
7,000 mi
Engine
Filed Jul 1, 2010

STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT START. *TR

NHTSA ID
10340887
Incident
Jun 30, 2010
Mileage
17,500 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jul 1, 2010

STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT START. DEALER FOUND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL HOSE IN TANK DISCONNECTED, DEALER REPLACED FUEL LINE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10340886
Incident
Jan 7, 2010
Mileage
14,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Dec 15, 2009

I PURCHASED A '08 DUCATI SPORT CLASSIC SPORT 1000 IN APRIL 2009. IT WAS USED WITH 1,200 MILES ON IT. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE THE GAS TANK "SPREAD". THIS MEANS THE PLASTIC GAS TANK DISTORTED IT'S SHAPE ENOUGH TO COME COMPLETELY OFF IT'S MOUNT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS TANK. DUCATI IS REPLACING THIS TANK WITH AN EXACT DUPLICATE. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT TANK IS THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE ORIGINAL, I EXPECT THE "SPREADING " PROBLEM TO RE-OCCUR. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GAS TANK. DUCATI IS GIVING US DEFECTIVE TANKS TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TANKS ON THE BIKES. *TR

NHTSA ID
10295793
Incident
Aug 1, 2009
Mileage
4,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 3, 2009

2008 DUCATI MONSTER S2R 1000, PLASTIC TANK EXPANDS OVER TIME (ABOUT 3000 MILES) TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS COMPLETELY OFF OF THE SUPPORTS ON THE FRAME. THERE WAS A REPORT OF A DUCATI TANK EXPLODING IN NORTH CAROLINA... DUCATI AGREED TO REPLACE MY TANK UNDER THEIR EMISSIONS WARRANTY. HOWEVER, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BIKE WHEN ITS WARRANTY EXPIRES, OR WHEN THIS ISSUE BECOMES WIDELY KNOWN AND NOONE WOULD WANT THIS BIKES USED. *TR

NHTSA ID
10279177
Incident
Jul 10, 2009
Mileage
2,800 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 29, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DUCATI DEFMOFEDICI RR (NA). WHENEVER THE CONTACT PARKS THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE VENT HOSE INSIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCES BEFOREHAND. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,900 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600.

NHTSA ID
10240245
Incident
Jul 29, 2008
Mileage
600 mi
Fuel system
Filed Aug 1, 2008

I HAD COUPLE OF MOTORCYCLES IN MY LIFE AND I JUST BOUGHT A 2008 DUCATI 1098 AND IT GOT STALLING ISSUES WHICH ARE PUTTING MY LIFE IN BIG DANGER . I KNOW THAT BIKES ARE DANGEROUS . BUT MY STALLS AT TURNS AT LIGHTS R WHEN IN TRAFFIC OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS BIKE R HAVING SAME PROBLEMS .I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER ONCE STILL STALLS . JUST MADE SECOND APP. THEY TOLD ME ITS A HIGH PERFORMANCE .STILL HAVE APPOINTMENT .PLEASE HELP *TR

NHTSA ID
10236592
Incident
Jul 20, 2008

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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