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2011 Ducati M796 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 27, 2010
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 Nov 16, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2011 Ducati M796. 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 Nov 27, 2010

I HAVE A DUCATI MONSTER 796. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MONTHS OLD. AFTER THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF RIDING THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK DEFORMED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE CASING AND THEN TO THE GROUND IN MY PARKING GARAGE. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO RIDE THE BIKE IN FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE LEAKING FUEL REPRESENTED A COMBUSTION HAZARD. THE DEFECT POSED A SERIOUS DANGER BOTH TO MYSELF AND OTHER MOTORISTS ON THE ROADS OF NEW YORK STATE. THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE RECTIFIED BY DUCATI NORTH AMERICA BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WILL BE TO FIT AN IDENTICAL FUEL TANK TO THE MOTORCYCLE THAT WILL PRESUMABLY FAIL IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THE FIRST TANK. *TR

NHTSA ID
10367942
Incident
Nov 2, 2010
Mileage
750 mi
Fuel system
Filed Nov 16, 2010

MOLDED GAS TANK ON MOTORCYCLE HAS BECOME DEFORMED. COMMON PROBLEM ON DUCATI'S . RISK OF LEAKAGE AND INTERERANCE WITH STEARING. SEE HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING THAT DUCATI IS NOT RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THEY ARE STILL REPLACING DEFECTIVE TANKS WITH DEFECTIVE TANKS. SEE WEB SITE LINK:HTTP://WWW.DUCATIMONSTERFORUM.ORG/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=25074.0 ALSO SEE THE LAW FIRM THAT HAS STATED A CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR ISSUE: HTTP://WWW.GIRARDGIBBS.COM/DUCATI.ASP?GCLID=CPH7PFF2PAUCFEFM5QODMXZG6G DUCATI NORTH AMERICA CLAIMS THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. THIS IS AN AIR COOLED MOTORCYCLE THAT HAS THE GAS TANK MOUNTED DIRRECTLY OVER THE CYLINDER HEADS. ANY LEAK COULD RESULTS IN A FIRE WHILE A RIDER WAS RIDING MOTORCYCLE.

NHTSA ID
10367376
Incident
Nov 2, 2010
Mileage
300 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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